# Will Ricky Williams be able to smoke pot & play ball for the Argonauts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801 "2006-05-30T22:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/1 "2006-05-30T22:47:04Z")
[Does playing in Canada](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13048347/from/RS.2/) mean that smoking weed will not lead to his being suspended? Just curious. What are the CFL rules on pot smoking? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/2 "2006-05-30T23:04:20Z")
I just read this today but can’t remember where. The CFL has no drug testing policy. However, as a part of Williams’ suspension under the NFL’s substance abuse policy, he will face drug tests by the NFL(IIRC 10/month :eek: ). So he’ll be able to play in the CFL and smoke pot, but he’ll almost certainly be caught by the NFL and be suspended from the NFL again. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/3 "2006-05-31T04:07:58Z")
And the winner for the most unintentionally ironic utterance in a news quote for Spring '06 goes to… …_Joe Theismann!_ > [@](#): > > He insults the intelligence of everybody that thinks that doing drugs is OK. With a special mention for: > [@](#): > > It’s a privilege to be able to play professional football. It’s not a rite of passage. I’ll bet that even after a big ol’ bongload, Mr. Williams is able to string words together in such a way that they mean what he intends them to. Was he drunk when ESPN interviewed him? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/4 "2006-05-31T04:32:42Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I’ll bet that even after a big ol’ bongload, Mr. Williams is able to string words together in such a way that they mean what he intends them to. You’d lose that bet. Like most Austinites, I liked Ricky. It’s hard not to. But he’s a true bonehead. Even when he’s NOT high as a kite, he’s prone to inane babbling that he thinks (wrongly) sounds profound. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/5 "2006-05-31T05:16:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > You’d lose that bet. Aw, shucks. (I guess it’s something of an occupational hazard.) ---
**Author:** ![robotlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@robotlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotlove)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/6 "2006-05-31T21:43:48Z")
Joe is a bit testy since his son was convicted of dealing coke. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/7 "2006-06-01T04:01:14Z")
The Argonauts? I thought Ricky was going to the Toronto Hydroponics. ---
**Author:** ![robotlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@robotlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotlove)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/8 "2006-06-02T05:49:48Z")
The Brampton ish is the bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ricky-williams-be-able-to-smoke-pot-play-ball-for-the-argonauts/358801/9 "2006-06-02T07:38:46Z")
> [@Mr. Duality](#): > > The Argonauts? I thought Ricky was going to the Toronto Hydroponics. Flawless. 🙂