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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by TheOak Legality has zero to do with employer policy enforcement and isn't an applicable argument. You can argue it, but it wont hold water. To AG's point a judge has yet to rule on whether he was ...

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Old 05-16-2019, 08:23 AM   #7
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Re: Sean Payton optimistic about David Onyemata's status; Saints player cited for pot possession

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Legality has zero to do with employer policy enforcement and isn't an applicable argument. You can argue it, but it wont hold water. To AG's point a judge has yet to rule on whether he was guilty of a crime or that the search was legal.

Texas has no motorcycle helmet law other than having to have sufficient insurance to ride without one, employers are perfectly within their right to require a helmet while riding on company property.

Open and conceal carry are legal in Texas with a permit, business owners and employers are within their legal right to post a sign forbidding either carry on their property.

Long hair and beards are legal in all 50 states, not if you are employed by a branch of the US military unless job description allows (special forces, etc...).

There are too many examples of how something being legal doesn't effect an employers ability to set and enforce policy against it.
As The Dude pointed out, hemp-based products are legal in all 50 states, including Louisiana. The NFL's policy addresses Substances of Abuse (SOA), meaning certain listed substances found through drug testing, and Personal Conduct (PC), which would include legal action. As long as the products found prove to be hemp related as opposed to marijuana related then Onyemata has nothing to fear concerning the PC. As for the SOA angle, it doesn't appear that he has failed any drug test, and even if he had it would have only placed him in the league's "program" and would not be subject to any sort of suspension.

Honestly, it makes no sense to have both clearly hemp-based products AND MJ based products. Why not just MJ?

But the questions of why and who tried to make something out of what may end up being completely above board still remain.

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