Posted: Fri February 7, 2014 1:06PM; Updated: Fri February 7,
2014 1:06PM  Smoke Signals: As legalization of pot spreads,
should NFL lift its ban?  By Michael McKnight  Decrease font
Decrease font Enlarge font Enlarge font Though many players use
marijuana, commissioner Roger Goodell isn't ready to lift the
NFL's ban. Sean Gardner/Getty Images  This story appears in the
February 10 issue of Sports Illustrated.  Players call it
dabbing. The device looks like a mini bong, but there is a tiny
metal ring instead of a small bowl. Justin Hartfield, the
founder of, the site known as "the Yelp of cannabis
dispensaries," aims a butane torch at the ring, which is the
size of a pencil eraser. Within seconds it glows like an orange
doughnut. With a steel dental instrument Hartfield scoops a dab
of amber paste from what looks like a tiny jar of lip balm and
touches it to the heated ring. A wispy white feather rises from
their union, filling the device with smoke. The cloud disappears
into Hartfield's lungs, but when he ex