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Well, technically we’ll never know if it’s out of his system because the CFL doesn’t test for the devil weed. As it is, Alexander’s history raises all manner of questions about the NFL’s hypocritical drug policy, the CFL’s don’t-ask, don’t-tell attitude toward pot and its benefits to players.

The Lions, however, have only one question when it comes to Alexander: Can he help us win?

“He showed us he can be a force (in the Lions’ OTA and rookie camp),” head coach Wally Buono said. “I’m not concerned about it. Mr. Alexander. He’s a good guy, who’s worked his butt off.

“I’m not going to tell him what to do and what not to do. We all understand there are things we have to abide by.”

Some more than others.

During his first two seasons with the Panthers, Alexander dressed for 28 games and started six while recording 3.5 sacks. By his third year, there was hope in the organization he’d become a fixture at defensive end but that hope evaporated in a cloud of smoke and two positive tests in 2014.

The first of those infractions carried a four-game suspension. The second came with a 10-gamer. The two suspensions cost Alexander $470,000 of his $570,000 base salary and before the 2015 season, he promised he’d reformed his ways.

He then tore his Achilles in 2015 before recording another positive test in 2015. That one came with a year’s suspension.

The Lions put him on their negotiation list late last year and, with few other options open, Alexander opted for the Canadian Football League. If he plays all 18 games with the Leos in 2017, he’ll make $60,000 Cdn.