Cannabis and sport: NFL's Mike James asks for permission to use cannabis-3
'It was either cannabis or
addiction' James was a sixth-round pick for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2013, but
things turned sour for the then 22-
year-old when he needed surgery for
a broken ankle in his rookie season. Then came the chronic pain and an
addiction to painkillers. "At first I was taking the
recommended dose but then I ramped
it up when I found ways to get extra
pills," he says. "I fell into the culture of being on the
field by any means necessary. But I
was beginning to harm my real life
outside of football." A 2011 study by Washington
University found 52% of retired NFL
players used painkillers during their
careers, and more than 70% of those
players abused those drugs.BBS Sports
addiction' James was a sixth-round pick for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2013, but
things turned sour for the then 22-
year-old when he needed surgery for
a broken ankle in his rookie season. Then came the chronic pain and an
addiction to painkillers. "At first I was taking the
recommended dose but then I ramped
it up when I found ways to get extra
pills," he says. "I fell into the culture of being on the
field by any means necessary. But I
was beginning to harm my real life
outside of football." A 2011 study by Washington
University found 52% of retired NFL
players used painkillers during their
careers, and more than 70% of those
players abused those drugs.BBS Sports
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