Former NBA, NFL athletes estimate marijuana use among players is higher than 80%

In an interview with Bleacher's report announced on Friday, former NBA player of Kenny Martin, 2000 draft pick said he believes that "85% of the league" used his marijuana in his career It was.

Former tight player Martellus Bennett considers NFL data to be even higher and believes that injuries and body pain are more common

"I want to say 89% (American Football League uses marijuana)," Bennet told Bleacher in a separate interview with former NFL player.

Cannabis is one of the prohibited substances of the NBA and NFL, and failure of the drug test will be suspended or fined for players in the legitimate state of Marijuana as well. Former NFL player John Moffett pointed out that this league is basically "hypermetropic" and will only be tested once a year.

Another former NBA player who retired after the 2016 - 17 season, Matt Burns said he smoked before the game during his 14-year career. He also said that the top management of the NBA team showed hypocrisy when using marijuana.

"General manager, coach, president (smoking), that is, it is getting deeper than you think," Barnes said. "Some people are interrupting us by whipping, others are taking weeds."

Former US National Football League defensive player Sean Smith said he had eaten "two dull words before each game" in the league's 10 seasons. He answered Barnes's view

"I shoot, the coach does it, people do this, people on the second floor do this," Smith said. "Quarterback, your captain, team leader will smoke

So this is disappointing. When asked about their view of legalization, many athletes interviewed by this story including four Broncos will not be recorded. Cannabis football players generally think the use of cannabis is common. Former Detroit Lions' Romus Brown said last year that at least 50% of NFL players are likely to smoke marijuana. ESPN this year's survey found that 70% of the NFL Scout portfolio is aware of the use of marijuana at the university.

Some former NFL players recently participated in an event called "Cassie Professional Sports", hoping to change the attitude of using marijuana to manage the suffering of professional football. Some athletes say they are injured in sports carriers. The previous player said he could not even bend to pick up children. NFL is not the only American sports league banning smoking marijuana. The National Basketball Association and Major League also prohibit the use of this medicine. The Canadian Sports Federation tends to relax more in this regard. The Canadian Football League did not test marijuana. One third of the players in the National Hockey League were randomly tested for street drugs, including marijuana, but they were not subject to disciplinary action for a positive test.

Marijuana is currently legalized in nine provinces and 29 states are medicated, so the conversation in the United States is rapidly changing. Cannabis is still a banned content of NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball, but athletes are increasingly expressed and insisting on legalization in major pro leagues. "There is a medical marijuana," Bennett said. "So in a year you will only receive the greatest damage you do not want to vomit pills and it will destroy your liver.You need to take a lot of these anti-inflammatory medications For a long time it was like starting to eat your liver, kidney etc.