Pubdate: Thu, 14 May 2015
Source: USA Today (US)
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Author: Lindsay H. Jones

COLUMN: NFL POLICY AT ODDS WITH LAWS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - It was almost too juicy a story line to be
true.

Shane Ray, the NFL prospect cited for marijuana possession just days
before the draft, gets picked by the Denver Broncos, of all teams, and
heads to Colorado, home to many of America's most liberal marijuana
laws.

It was a tale that set social media ablaze with quips about Ray's
arrival in Denver being "dope" along with references to the fact that
since January 2014, Coloradans can legally purchase up to an ounce of
marijuana at dispensaries across the state.

It is very likely that had Ray been pulled over for a traffic
violation on Interstate 70 in Colorado - rather than some 600 miles
east on the same highway in Missouri - he would have received just a
traffic ticket. Then maybe he wouldn't have dropped from the draft's
top 10 into John Elway's waiting arms at pick No. 23.
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