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Poll: One in five PGA Tour pros admit to taking banned substance within last year



When the PGA Tour suspended Matt Every in October for a violation of its conduct policy on drugs of abuse, Every copped to having a legal prescription for cannabis, which he takes, he said, to treat a mental-health condition.

Every said he was aware of the Tour’s policy but made no apologies.

“For me, cannabis has proven to be, by far, the safest and most effective treatment,” he said. “With that being said, I have no choice but to accept this suspension and move on.”

Every, a two-time Tour winner, isn’t the only player who thinks marijuana does not belong on the Tour’s banned substances list. In the latest edition of GOLF.com’s Anonymous Pro Survey, nearly 60 percent of the 52 Tour players who were polled at the Safeway Open said the Tour should permit pot.

One player remarked, “They should add nicotine.”



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