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Former NFL star Ricky Williams sheds light on what happened behind the scenes of the league when men self-medicated to relieve the pain of playing football.
Williams, who played before calling his career in the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Baltimore Ravens, was stopped because he tested positive for marijuana and repeatedly violated the league’s substance abuse policy.
On monday he said USA Today’s “Seriously Sports” Show what others were doing to treat themselves.
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“I played a long time ago, and I played for a long time, so when I first entered the league, things changed a lot,” Williams said.
“My rookie year, team hall of fame player, he is now in the hall of fame and invited me to his house and gave a speech on how to take care of himself in the NFL. Pulled out some cannabis, crush it, split the dull one, open it, put the cannabis in it, take the Vicodin, crush it, sprinkle Vico on it, roll up the dull one I gave it to me. It was a veterinarian. As a rookie, how to take care of myself in the NFL. “
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Williams joined the league in 1999 after Saints placed him fifth overall and gave him a few picks at the Washington Redskins at the time to win him.
It was not clear who Williams was talking about in that story. He told another person about his last year in the NFL when he was with Ravens.
“I was playing in the Ravens at the NFL last year. When I was playing off in the playoffs, there were guys out of the facility and bringing a plate full of’brownies’,” he said. rice field. “they [were] I’m going to see a movie, so yeah …
“And now that’s the point, because it’s more legal, why don’t you? [use it] What if you’re in the NFL? “
Williams now owns his own brand of marijuana products called Hayesman.
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In May, he detailed to Fox News Digital how the use of cannabis changed his mindset and helped relieve his anxiety.