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One by one, they entered a nondescript building on the eastern edge of town, 18,000 square feet with no signage out front. They came looking for relief. These nine former professional football players are part of the Denver Broncos Alumni Association. Between them, they played in nearly 700 NFL...

While the NFL Draft dominated the Ben Franklin Parkway on Friday, several former players met at the Union League to discuss medical marijuana with cannabis entrepreneurs, scientists and advocates. The Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp, an institute housed at Thomas...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell thinks weed is addictive and bad for one's health. Although legal in one form or another in 25 states, marijuana is still banned by the NFL. And based on the commissioner's comments on ESPN's "Mike & Mike" show Friday morning, that's not going to change anytime...

A group of former NFL players is using the Super Bowl to push for a new policy on marijuana, saying the substance should be more widely available as an alternative to opioid painkillers. Former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon said pot has helped him numb lingering pain from injuries sustained...

Houston – Marijuana is currently on the list of substances banned by the NFL but several former players are hoping to change that. A cannabis convention was held Wednesday night at the Revention Music Center in Houston ahead of Super Bowl LI and Jim McMahon, former NFL quarterback and...

Boulder, Colo. — It's been nearly 10 years since Jake Plummer retired from football. He still experiences soreness and pain from his neck and shoulders to the soles of his feet. It's an ache that Plummer and many other former and current NFL players have managed for years with the use of...

In February, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked during the week of Super Bowl 50 about the league's marijuana policy. Across the country, states were legalizing marijuana use in increasing numbers, and former NFL players were increasingly pushing for the league to reconsider marijuana's...

Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady, Jalen Rose and Michelle Beadle discussed the NBA's marijuana policy on NBA Countdown this week. The three former players basically said the same thing: The NBA should change its policy, especially taking into account the fact that marijuana could be a safer...

Professional sports have a grave effect on the human body. Sure, the physical exertion required for participation has obvious positive health benefits allowing many professional athletes to be in peak condition, but the human body is only equipped to handle so much. In a sport such as...

Buffalo Bills third-year offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson has just been hit with his second suspension of the season for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. What makes this case different is the fact that Henderson's substance abuse offense is for treating his Crohn's disease with...

It's no secret NFL players have abused powerful, addictive painkillers for decades. Just ask them. "When I was playing, if you were on the road, you'd get on the plane home and there would be two beers in the seat pocket in front of you and the trainers were coming down the aisle with...

In the aftermath of a new set of states legalizing marijuana use in the national elections, the NFL Players Association said Wednesday it is actively studying the possibility of allowing players to use marijuana as a pain-management tool. The union is forming an NFL players pain management...

Most Americans now want to legalize marijuana. This is apparently also true of a majority of professional football players. ESPN reported Wednesday that nearly two-thirds of players in the NFL say the use of chemical painkillers would go down if they were allowed to use marijuana instead. "In...

"I was sitting in the training room one day and I just watched player after player come in to take a Toradol shot just to practice," says former NFL player Ricky Williams. "I realized if we have to take all this medication, all these pharmaceuticals, just to practice it can't be good for our...

As the world focuses on the Olympic games and all the amazing athletes in Rio, there is another set of athletes here at home that could use some help. These athletes are the men that comprise the National Football League - the football players that we all know and love and follow every fall...

As the world focuses on the Olympic games and all the amazing athletes in Rio, there is another set of athletes here at home that could use some help. These athletes are the men that comprise the National Football League - the football players that we all know and love and follow every fall...

Former Pro Bowl defensive end Leonard Marshall has won two superbowls and spent 11 years in the NFL before coaching high school football. To this day, he needs to take medication for the ravages to his body. Now he is asking the National Football League to consider marijuana as a painkiller for...

The memory of what he did to Joe Montana haunts Leonard Marshall 25 years later. The former Giants defensive end, still celebrated by Big Blue fans for his crushing tackles and big-impact plays, hit Montana so hard in the fourth quarter of the January, 1991 NFC Championship Game that he cracked...

A push for cannabidiol research has gained steam in recent months, with current and former NFL players backing two studies on CBD's efficacy in alleviating football-related pain without getting them high. But another study, led by a California-based cannabis extract producer Constance...

A push for cannabidiol research has gained steam in recent months, with current and former NFL players backing two studies on CBD's efficacy in alleviating football-related pain without getting them high. But another study, led by a California-based cannabis extract producer Constance...