Articles tagged with "football"
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Former Raider Now Selling Cannabis in Las Vegas
The Associated Press - Published on September 11, 2017Read moreFrank Hawkins didn’t set out to be in the marijuana business in the town where he grew up and later became a city councilman. He resisted it at first.
NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana Invests in Cannabis Media Outlet
Gage Peake - Published on August 29, 2017Read moreMontana and his venture capital firm, Liquid 2 Ventures, was a part of a group that invested $4.1 million into Herb during the company’s seed-funding round.
NFL Offers to Work With Players Union to Study Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on August 1, 2017Read moreThe NFL is again flirting with changing its policy on cannabis—but for the first time, it seems to be putting its money where its mouth is.
NFL Players Union to Propose Easing Penalties for Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on January 25, 2017Read moreThe NFL Players Association is putting together a proposal to adopt a “less punitive” approach to cannabis, but details are still fuzzy.
Bill Walton Derails College Football National Championship Coverage to Talk Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on January 10, 2017Read moreInexplicably dressed as Uncle Sam, everyone’s favorite Hall of Famer/old hippie broadcaster spoke out in support of cannabis in a “that’s so Walton” non-sequitur.
Yet Another NFL Player Suspended for Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on November 29, 2016Read moreThe NFL announced a 10-game suspension of Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson for using medical cannabis to treat Crohn’s disease.
ESPN Survey: 2/3 of NFL Players Say Cannabis Would Cut Painkiller Use
Gage Peake - Published on November 2, 2016Read moreIn a new ESPN survey of more than 220 current NFL players, 61 percent of players said that if cannabis were a legal option, fewer players would take powerful pain-killing injections.
Relax, Jerry Jones. Calm Down, NFL. Ezekiel Elliott’s Cannabis Visit Was Perfectly Normal.
Gage Peake - Published on August 26, 2016Read moreDon’t scold the Cowboys running back. It’s common for tourists to be curious what legal cannabis looks like.
Ricky Williams: Cannabis Connoisseur and the NFL’s Most Enigmatic Player
Gage Peake - Published on July 13, 2016Read moreThe enigmatic player, and his relationship with cannabis, take center stage once again this week, when SI Films premieres the documentary “Ricky Williams Takes the High Road.”
Ex-NFL QB Jake Plummer Rips Jerry Jones Over CTE and Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on June 30, 2016Read moreFormer NFL quarterback Jake Plummer, who played for the Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Denver Broncos, opened up this week about the NFL’s drug problem.