Archived NFL Player Suspended for Using Marijuana for Crohn's Disease (cbs58.com)
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Archived NFL Player Suspended for Using Marijuana for Crohn's Disease (cbs58.com)
submitted ago by lordunderthemountain
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[–] SpaceCpt 1 point 25 points 26 points (+26|-1) ago
Oh good, I would hate for the athletic enhancing properties of marijuana to fuck up the purity of our professional sports.
[–] OpusMioda 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I'll take a knee for that, brotha!
[–] Aaaron 1 point 14 points 15 points (+15|-1) ago
Who the fuck cares about athletes using mj? It's not a performance enhancing drug so I can't imagine a reason anybody would give a flying fuck.
[–] skittlesforhair 1 point 14 points 15 points (+15|-1) ago
You don't consider playing without the debilitating effects of Crohn's disease enhancing his performance? /s
[–] jaceame 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago
Next you're going to hear the diabetic players demanding their insulin. You don't see the non-diabetic players demanding these enhancing drugs.
[–] tanukihat 1 point 13 points 14 points (+14|-1) ago (edited ago)
Crohn's Disease sufferer here, diagnosed in 2002. High school is a really great time to get a chronic diarrhea disease, let me tell you.
There is no cure for Crohn's Disease, only cover-up medications, and without them you have diarrhea 3-4 times a day, weight loss, no appetite, and awful stomach pain. Eventually you get a resection (intestine portion removed) and that still doesn't cure it. My uncle, also Crohn's, had 4 feet of small intestine removed.
I've tried a lot of medications, from pills twice a day to self-administered shots in the stomach twice a month. And prednisone, lots and lots of prednisone, so much pred that my ankle bones have started dying and now I walk with a limp.
Then I started smoking marijuana regularly and poof - Crohn's vaporizes. I'm not on any medications anymore, my appetite is great, my weight has stabilized at 150 lb, and I feel good. It's not cured, I still roll the dice any time I eat spicy food, but it's better and no more pills or shots.
CBD is proven to be an effective anti-inflammatory for autoimmune diseases (which Crohn's is) and I'm here with first hand proof that it works for Crohn's. I sympathize with the guy, if there's finally an effective "medication" that treats Crohn's or other AI diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or Lupus, and it allows him to play ball without running to the bathroom every quarter, let him have it. This ignorance of the efficacy of marijuana to treat chronic problems is inexcusable.
[–] ToastyMcFly 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
We all roll the dice on spicy food. Any strains that stand out?
[–] tanukihat 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
Couldn't really say, I get whatever indica-dominant hybrid is on special at the dispensary, it's also great for chronic anxiety. Strains with higher CBD content are best though for anti-inflammatory purposes, and some strains have way more CBD than THC so they don't even get you high - you can use a strain review site like Leafly to find a good one.
Edit: phone
[–] AlphaWookie 3 points -3 points 0 points (+0|-3) ago
GHWB has Crohns and flew navy combat mission and you do not here him bitching.
[–] tanukihat 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
George H.W. Bush does not have Crohn's, and if he does it's reported in some forum not on the first 5 pages of Google. Furthermore, if he does, he would have developed it after flying with the Navy, because Crohn's is an automatic disqualifier for the US armed forces. But he doesn't have Crohn's so it's OK.
Perhaps you're thinking of his son Marvin Bush, who has ulcerative colitis, which is similar to but not Crohn's. He has had his large intestine removed, and is a spokesperson for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. He has never flown combat missions though.
Really I'm not sure where you're getting your faulty information, but I think the problem with you runs deeper than a lack of research before posting, judging by your comment history.
[–] Pinky_Winky_the_3rd 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
I watch football stoned all the time. Fuck you NFL. NOT ANYMORE
[–] CowWithBeef 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
Just one more chunk of bullshit on the pile of shit known as reasons to not bother watching nfl games.
[–] tibstibs 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
The fuck does weed have to do with football?
[–] BloatedVoatGoat 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
I bet this gave him a performance enhancement for sure. Bad call NFL, but you have been blowing them more and more while people watch less and less.
[–] AlphaWookie 7 points -3 points 4 points (+4|-7) ago
His fucking Union agreed to these rules, he agreed to these rules when he signed hos contract. Clearly druggies can not grasp basic concepts especially niggers that abuse drugs.
[–] BloatedVoatGoat 3 points -2 points 1 point (+1|-3) ago
So using something that is LEGAL for medical and recreational purposes is abuse now. Makes so much sense, better start checking if they drink and if they fold their clothes nice and make sure their pops arent too sugary. F that noise.
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[–] Sev_ ago
Last time I checked the NFL didn't have an explicit policy on being a dick, but it does have one about using illegal drugs.