Ore. Congressman Says Pro Athletes Should Have Their Weed in Lieu of Dangerous Pain Pills

A Democratic congressman from Oregon has gone on record (well, TMZ Sports) saying that he is all for professional athletes using marijuana and that the NBA and NFL are stripping them of their rights to toke upโ€”medically, that is. Suggested Reading Songs by White Artists You Can Add to Your Black Cookout Playlist NBA’s Mike…

A Democratic congressman from Oregon has gone on record (well, TMZ Sports) saying that he is all for professional athletes using marijuana and that the NBA and NFL are stripping them of their rights to toke upโ€”medically, that is.

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In a recent video, Rep. Earl Blumenauerย notes that pros endure โ€œterrible painโ€ and that marijuana has been proved to effectively manage pain.

โ€œItโ€™s much less damaging than the opioids, the painkillers, the shots, the pills ... and itโ€™s time professional sports stops punishing them but works with them because itโ€™s healthier for them,โ€ he said.

Itโ€™s a fact that doctors overprescribing pain medication has driven the current opioid epidemic, which President Donald Trump last week declared a national public health crisis.

Blumenauer also notes that two-thirds of Americans have legal access to medical marijuanaโ€”so to ban NBA and NFL players is basically treating them like โ€œsecond-class citizens.โ€

An American politician making some sense. Whodda thunk it?

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