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NBC Sports Commentator Mike Florio urged the National Football League and its players union Monday to allow players to treat pain with marijuana. The NFL Players Association and the league have had a ban on marijuana within their collective bargaining agreement for years. The labor agreement...

In recent weeks, plenty of chatter has emerged regarding the potential benefits of marijuana use for pain management in football players. Ultimately, any action in this regard will require the NFL and NFL Players Association to do something that doesn't happen very often: Reach an agreement...

In recent weeks, plenty of chatter has emerged regarding the potential benefits of marijuana use for pain management in football players. Ultimately, any action in this regard will require the NFL and NFL Players Association to do something that doesn't happen very often: Reach an agreement...

The medicinal marijuana movement started by former Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe seems to be gaining some steam, and they're trying to pick up a significant ally in the process. According to Nicki Jhabvala of the Denver Post, one of the doctors Monroe's working with the advocate research into...

The medicinal marijuana movement started by former Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe seems to be gaining some steam, and they're trying to pick up a significant ally in the process. According to Nicki Jhabvala of the Denver Post, one of the doctors Monroe's working with the advocate research into...

When ex-Super Bowl champion Leonard Marshall took the stage at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo at the Javitz Center in New York on June 16, he still looked like he could go out and play a few downs. The 54-year-old former defensive tackle remains a mountain of a man, and he doesn't...

When ex-Super Bowl champion Leonard Marshall took the stage at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo at the Javitz Center in New York on June 16, he still looked like he could go out and play a few downs. The 54-year-old former defensive tackle remains a mountain of a man, and he doesn't...

Even as pro football and the NFL continue to dominate the American sports landscape, many fear the long-term concerns of brain trauma could potentially destroy it. Several people have continued to state through every media stream that this is a reality, no matter how powerful the league may...

Even as pro football and the NFL continue to dominate the American sports landscape, many fear the long-term concerns of brain trauma could potentially destroy it. Several people have continued to state through every media stream that this is a reality, no matter how powerful the league may...

Derrick Morgan says he has never been diagnosed with a concussion. Yet as the 27-year-old prepared for the relatively quiet months between his sixth and seventh NFL seasons, he had two priorities: working toward his MBA at the University of Miami, and finding a way to preserve his brain so...

Few industries have been able to change their narratives as drastically as legal marijuana, and it has done so with the help of two sympathetic groups: Football players with a traumatic brain disease and sick children. Since California first legalized any form of cannabis with its medical...

The only thing weirder than men in suits selling weed soda at a pot conference is NFL players mingling among them. Such was the scene at the Cannabis World Congress this week in New York City, where more than 75 businesses, non-profits, and drug policy activists gathered to stake their claim...

The only thing weirder than men in suits selling weed soda at a pot conference is NFL players mingling among them. Such was the scene at the Cannabis World Congress this week in New York City, where more than 75 businesses, non-profits, and drug policy activists gathered to stake their claim...

While it's not saying so publicly, the NFL is exploring the viability of marijuana as a medical option for its players. In a profile on Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe's marijuana advocacy, the Washington Post reports NFL senior vice president for player health and safety Jeff Miller and...

The NFL needs to reduce the use of opioids and allow injured players to use medical marijuana, Baltimore Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe wrote in a first-person essay for The Players Tribune that was published Monday. "The NFL relies heavily on opioids to get players back on the field as soon as...

The NFL needs to reduce the use of opioids and allow injured players to use medical marijuana, Baltimore Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe wrote in a first-person essay for The Players Tribune that was published Monday. "The NFL relies heavily on opioids to get players back on the field as soon as...

It might go down as the most expensive bong hit in history. Last Thursday night, Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil tumbled in the NFL draft right after a video appeared on his Twitter feed showing him smoking from a gas-mask pipe. Tunsil went from a potential No. 1 pick to the No. 13 slot...

Rounding up 30 NFL players to smoke some weed probably wouldn't be that difficult an endeavor, and you'd likely get Snoop Dogg to show up. But this time, it's in the interest of science. According to Abby Haglage of the Daily Beast, a group led by former Saints, Rams and Chiefs tackle Kyle...

Leading up to last year's NFL draft, my firm noted the heavy toll that contact sports take on athletes, and how medical cannabis could help to alleviate that burden. Cannabis has been in a much bigger spotlight over the past 12 months and as part of that many retired and active professional...

During an interview back in 2013, former NBA player Jay Williams talked about the culture shock he experienced when he first entered the league. According to him, all sorts of wild stuff used to happen on the Bulls' bench–and that included some of his teammates showing up for games high...