Granted, Jackson was speaking at the Cannabis Business Executives Breakfast in Denver when he said it, but he was upfront that he smoked during his career rather than rely on painkillers.

 

“It kept my brain clean,” Jackson said, via the Associated Press. “I feel like I exited the game with my mind intact. And I credit that to marijuana in a lot of ways and not getting hooked on these pain pills that are recklessly distributed in the league when a guy gets an injury.”

 

Jackson played six years in the NFL (2003-08), and said his self-medication was easy to pull off since the league only tested for street drugs once a year. To his view, that makes the league at least willing to look the other way, if not complicit.

 

They’re aware that probably over half of their players smoke weed,” Jackson said. “They’ve been doing it since they were teenagers. The fact that they’ve been doing it that whole time and still made it to the NFL and are able to satisfy the demands of very, very strict employers on a daily basis means that their marijuana use is in check.

 

“Marijuana is not a problem in their lives.”

 

Former Broncos tight end says NFL should lift marijuana ban | ProFootballTalk

Granted, Jackson was speaking at the Cannabis Business Executives Breakfast in Denver when he said it, but he was upfront that he smoked during his career rather than rely on painkillers.

 

“It kept my brain clean,” Jackson said, via the Associated Press. “I feel like I exited the game with my mind intact. And I credit that to marijuana in a lot of ways and not getting hooked on these pain pills that are recklessly distributed in the league when a guy gets an injury.”

 

Jackson played six years in the NFL (2003-08), and said his self-medication was easy to pull off since the league only tested for street drugs once a year. To his view, that makes the league at least willing to look the other way, if not complicit.

 

They’re aware that probably over half of their players smoke weed,” Jackson said. “They’ve been doing it since they were teenagers. The fact that they’ve been doing it that whole time and still made it to the NFL and are able to satisfy the demands of very, very strict employers on a daily basis means that their marijuana use is in check.

 

“Marijuana is not a problem in their lives.”

 

Former Broncos tight end says NFL should lift marijuana ban | ProFootballTalk

Wow, so the NFL tests for street drugs once a year? :lol2: I can't help but laugh at the ones who get caught using street drugs now. Dummies. :lol2: