Ex-NFL quarterback Jim McMahon isn’t exactly a closet stoner. He attended the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo, with other ex-NFL’ers Ricky Williams and Marvin Washington, and talk show star Montel Williams, to speak about how marijuana has helped their lives. His comments were more than interesting. From The Star-Telegram:
“[Former Bears coach] Mike Ditka would say, ‘Oh, all you guys, you pot smokers,’ That’s what he’d call us. ‘You pot smokers.’ ” McMahon said Sunday. “We’d say, ‘It’s better than being drunk out here. We’re still functioning.’ ”
It seems like Ditka had the approach I believe most bosses have taken: whatever you do in your free time is up to you, so long as you do your job. More from The Star-Telegram:
“When I was playing ball, there was all these pharmaceuticals they were giving you, which are not good for you,” he said. “I had to get off those pills.”
McMahon said he often smokes marijuana in the mornings and at night, to help him sleep. He prefers indica, a marijuana known for better treating physical pain. He said he uses edibles, too, especially when he travels.
“But I’m old school,” he said. “I love the smell of it. I love the taste of it. So I smoke it quite a bit.”
The stigma surrounding weed is slowly but surely disappearing before our eyes. The NFL has always been prevalent with marijuana, but with the focus on concussions and their effects on players have brought up new questions surrounding weed and the NFL.
It’s not just stoners bellowing the positive effects of marijuana anymore, people from all walks of life are standing up and fighting for something that has helped them or a member of their family.