Science related (Medical) NFL and NFLPA are Offering Up to $1M for Cannabis Pain Management Research by Sophia Vida June 10, 2021 The NFL and NFLPA are jointly offering up to $1 million in grants to researchers who can help the league move forward with alternatives to opioid-based pain management. The NFL’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Allen Sills, has li...
Trends & Articles This Retired NFL Player Says He Used Marijuana While Playing by Sophia Vida May 23, 2019 Eagles defensive lineman Chris Long took to Instagram over the weekend to say he was retiring from the NFL. The player also revealed this week on radio that he used marijuana while playing football. “I certainly enjoyed my...
Trends & Articles The NFL Wants to Study Marijuana for Pain Management by Sophia Vida May 21, 2019 The National Football League has a ban on medical marijuana that may not last much longer. According to an ESPN report, the association and its players' union announced this week an establishment of a joint pain management comm...
Trends & Articles The NFL is Preparing to Adopt Less Strict Substance Abuse Policy by Sophia Vida March 07, 2019 According to Pro Football Talk, the National Football League (NFL) is preparing to make "major concessions" to its marijuana policy. The league is getting ready to adopt a more lenient substance abuse policy in its next collect...
Trends & Articles Former Football Player Launches His Own Marijuana Brand by Sophia Vida March 21, 2018 Ricky Williams, who is a former Miami Dolphins running back, is trying to get a piece of the lucrative marijuana industry. The former NFL player has launched his own marijuana line called Real Wellness that includes six product...
Uncategorized The NFL Doesn’t Care As Much if Players Fail Their Drug Test for Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 01, 2018 The NFL Draft is just months away and the sentiment towards testing positive for marijuana is changing. There was a time when testing positive for marijuana use would have hurt a player's chance of being drafted, but this may n...
Legal Related San Francisco 49er’s Player is Arrested for Marijuana Possession by Sophia Vida January 13, 2018 San Francisco 49er's player Reuben Foster has been arrested and charged with second degree possession of marijuana. The player was arrested in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Friday and charged according to the city's Sheriff's Office d...
Trends & Articles Many Former NFL Players are Advocating for Cannabis by Sophia Vida October 17, 2017 A six-member panel over the weekend at the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo in Phoenix featured four former NFL players who are advocating for cannabis as a healing medicine. The four players: Former New York Jets player ...
Trends & Articles NFL Wants to Cooperate in Study of Marijuana for Pain Management by Sophia Vida August 01, 2017 According to sources familiar with the situation, the NFL has written to the NFL Players Association and has offered to work together to study the use of marijuana for pain management. The NFL has banned the use of marijuana bu...
Trends & Articles Ex NFL Players Look To Cannabis For Pain Relief by Sophia Vida May 03, 2017 It's not easy playing football. It can hurt badly and what are players supposed to do with the pain afterwards? Nine former professional football players in the Denver Broncos Alumni Association have turned to marijuana for rel...