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NFL Players Rescued From ‘Suicide’ Push Pot Over Painkillers At Super Bowl

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Former football players spent Super Bowl week lobbying the NFL to allow marijuana as an alternative to addictive and destructive opioid painkillers. Players, including former Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon, gathered at the Cannabis in Professional Sports forum in Houston to raise awareness regarding prescription painkillers and to tell…

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NFL Players Push League To Consider Weed As Alternative Painkiller

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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Officials from the NFL Player’s Association are pitching a more lenient policy on marijuana use to the league, in part to broaden pain treatment options for players. DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA, announced the proposal Tuesday, which seeks to reduce penalties on players who use marijuana…