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The players presenting the lawsuit are alleging that all 32 professional NFL teams, from coaches to medical staff, illegally obtained and administered pharmaceutical pain pills to players to keep them on the field when they are seriously hurt.
One sponsorship group that would undoubtedly have an issue with a league that embraced cannabis immediately comes to mind: beer companies.
There is a steadily growing concern among current and former players that the NFL doesn't really care about them as people, only caring insofar as the player can help generate revenue.
Jackson is unashamed to talk about his cannabis use as a player. He says he resorted to cannabis because he didn't want to take prescription opiates and end up addicted to pain pills as many former players do.
Former Broncos tight end Nate Jackson thinks that it won't be long before the NFL has to remove marijuana from its list of banned substances. Jackson, who admitted to self-medicating with marijuana during his playing days to avoid a post-NFL addiction to painkillers, says marijuana can help players deal with the physical and psychological pain, including head injuries.
It takes nothing more than a love of the game and a love of the ganja to make this happen. This guy would be immediately be the hero of my Super Bowl party.
You know I love my errl and my Hawks, so this was nothing short of magic to me. Earl Thomas, number 29, is the Seahawks strong safety and a founding member of the infamous Legion of Boom.
If we peel back the onion a bit on cannabis and see why players seem to seek it out, I think it can paint a fair image of weed while still keeping league reputation in tact.
KannaLife is moving forward on a derivation of CBD for NFL players. What sets KannaLife Sciences apart from the vast majority of potrepreneurs is that they hold an "exclusive license from the federal government to commercialize a medical marijuana patent currently held by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)."
Well on Sunday, rookie Falcons player Ra'Shede Hageman, got caught trying to score some weed from one of his followers on Instagram. If you're a famous NFL football player trying to be discrete about your cannabis use, you may want to think twice about asking for a weed hookup on social media.
Since his days on the gridiron, Washington has become a financial consultant to NBA and NFL players. He's also a very outspoken supporter of medical cannabis, specifically the NFL's stance on the herb.
In the last few weeks, there have been violent attacks at 49er games. With one such attack happening in a bathroom at Levi's stadium between 49er fans, leaving one man potentially paralyzed, it really has gotten out of control.
Prosecutors in Montgomery County, Texas, have filed paperwork to have Adrian Peterson's bail revoked and the Minnesota Vikings running back re-arrested after he told a drug tester that he had recently smoked marijuana before taking a urinalysis test Wednesday.
It's still a major gripe of mine with the NFL, and pro sports in general: alcohol gets a free pass, regardless of how much havoc it wreaks.
The NFL, and sports in general, are (hopefully) waking up to a new generation of policy wherein domestic violence is no longer brushed aside for the good of the record book. I can only hope that the horribly outdated drug policy is also evaluated.
On any given Sunday in the NFL, winners and losers can be hard to predict, as every fan and athlete knows. Now medical cannabis advocates are tasting disappointment, too, along with more than a few players, after an expected improvement in league policy fizzled in the late stages of the game.
The NFL and the NFLPA have (tentatively) reached an agreement on a new drug policy for players. The league will still punish players who test positive for marijuana and, I feel, the new punishment guidelines are still too harsh.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell proves once again that he cares more about substance abuse than domestic violence.
