oochymp 2,393 Posted June 23, 2016 Derrick Morgan of Tennessee Titans wants NFL to research medical benefits of cannabis NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan has joined Eugene Monroe in asking the NFL to research cannabis's potential benefits on long-term health. "I feel like the NFL has a responsibility to look into it, to delegate time and money to research this for its players," Morgan told Yahoo Global News. "Given how much influence that the NFL has on society, I think it would help the greater good. There's a lot of people suffering and a lot of people that can benefit from cannabis as a medical treatment." Morgan and Monroe appeared together in an interview with host Katie Couric. Monroe previously had been the only active player to publicly campaign to get medical marijuana removed from the NFL's banned substances list. Interesting to see this on the heels of Monroe getting cut and blaming his support for marijuana, Morgan doesn't face the same risks of this impacting his career, he's too good to get cut and he just signed a four year deal last offseason so he's got a while before he's negotiating a new contract, so it's great to see him throw some support in on this issue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cherry 1,302 Posted June 23, 2016 In terms of recovering and use out of competition I have no issue. Just don't use day of game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oochymp 2,393 Posted June 23, 2016 the Titans' official statement (from Paul Kuharsky at ESPN): Derrick is a valued member of the Tennessee Titans. While we will decline comment on the content of his statements, we respect Derrick a great deal, and we believe our players always have the right to express their viewpoints on topics about which they are passionate. and Chern I don't think you'd find many people who would disagree with you regarding gameday, if only because the effects it has on reflexes and reaction times would mean a hit to performance, but I think teams already deal with that issue related to drinking or showing up to games hungover, players know they're going to at best get a hard time from their coach and teammates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted June 23, 2016 I remember hearing a Jake Plummer interview on the Dan Patrick show a while back, and if memory serves, he and Monroe were both promoting/lobbying the NFL about using cannabis pills that had no THC content in them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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