MLB Eliminates Marijuana Testing in MiLB
By Jordan Kobritz
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reportedly reached an agreement to remove marijuana from the list of banned substances for Minor Leaguers.
The change comes as a surprise, considering the MLBPA has never represented minor leaguers. That fact was established in the very first Collective Bargaining Agreement between the nascent union and the owners in 1968. As a result, MLB has been free to impose whatever drug policies it desires on Minor