{"id":3131,"date":"2016-02-06T01:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T01:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanainc.com\/?p=5545"},"modified":"2016-02-06T01:05:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T01:05:22","slug":"video-former-running-back-ricky-williams-used-cannabis-to-rehab-his-body-during-the-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalmarijuanainc.com\/2016\/02\/06\/video-former-running-back-ricky-williams-used-cannabis-to-rehab-his-body-during-the-nfl-season\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Former Running Back Ricky Williams Used Cannabis to Rehab His Body During the NFL Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
Southern California is hosting the 2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup, put on by High Times. Despite what some\u00a0might say, the\u00a0event is more than just a smoke fest and offers real, educational information about cannabis and how it affects our lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n This year there was a panel on the opening day called “How Cannabis Will Save the NFL”, hosted by a cohort of former NFL players. On the panel was former NFL running back Ricky Williams, who had a lot to say about cannabis’ direct impact on his NFL career.<\/p>\n “I played a position where I got beat up a lot. I led the NFL in carries, and somehow was able to recover through the week and come back out there and take another pounding.\u00a0<\/span>I was putting my body under so much stress. For me, I got to a point in my career where I realized I\u2019m not going to be able to do this a lot longer,” says Williams. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Williams also claims the teams he played for didn’t seem to care much about his wellbeing as a player, teammate, or human. In fact, Williams\u00a0says that more often than not he had to take care of himself.<\/p>\n Team doctors would wiggle his knee around, give him some anti inflammatories and pain pills, and tell him to rest. That was it. Williams thought there was a better way to rehab his battered\u00a0body, which is why he turned to cannabis. Watch his statement in the video below:<\/p>\n\n