Cannabis and sport: NFL's Mike James asks for permission to use cannabis

Take cannabis or retire? That's
the dilemma for the NFL running
back who says he needs the drug
to continue playing American
football. Mike James, a 27-year-old free agent,
believes he has become the first
player to ask the league for
permission to use cannabis,
submitting a therapeutic use
exemption (TUE) for the drug. It was rejected in May because he
could not indisputably prove he
suffered chronic pain, but
conversations with the National
Football League remain ongoing and
James remains hopeful of a long-term solution. "Submitting the TUE was
a huge risk.
I may have sacrificed my career to do
it," the running back tells BBC Sport. "But for me there was no running
from it any more. I'm in a position to
be able to do something myself, to
give me back my life, and help the
players in the league."BBC Sports

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