San Jose Mercury News writer Elliot Almond talks about the growing trend in the NFL to use cannabis to deal with medical ailments

San Jose Mercury News writer Elliot Almond talks about the growing trend in the NFL to use cannabis to deal with medical ailments

Would it surprise you to know that a growing number of active and retired NFL players use cannabis and hemp oil to deal with nagging injuries? Elliot Almond, a San Jose Mercury reporter, goes inside this trend with a serious of stories that chronicle how players are giving up opiods in favor of marijuana. It’s big and it is growing.

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