Can Weed Lead to a Reduction in NFL Concussions? | WEEDIQUETTE
While many NFL players treat the pain from the game with weed, some believe it may also protect against deadly brain injury, yet the league barely accepts its use.
This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Weed laws in the US have since changed.
In memoriam: Dr. Lester Grinspoon 1928-2020.
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Yeah I played football for many years growing up and suffered concussions... Let me tell you cannabis is really the only thing that helps in terms of dealing with headaches and stress. We have learned over time that even the so-called small dings during practice were basically many concussions and that just adds to the list. Cannabis is so much better than pharmaceuticals and can't imagine life without it
*mini not many
I can 100% agree with this im glad im not the only one who uses cannabis to deal with the headaches stress ect ect that comes with the repeated blows to the head
Stoner for life!!!🙌🏿🔥🤪🤪
O a little practice ding in your career is all the reason to smoke
Then become good and come play for the bronco. We need the help
My brother played baseball like a maniac, never stepped out of the way of a ball, no matter how fast it was going, took a lot to the head. There was one point he wasn't just stuttering, he couldn't even talk. He smokes, and he's about as normal as anybody else. I'm sure he's got his issues but watching him going from being unable to say a sentence, to being one of the best car salesman where he works, it's absolutely maddening, that they aren't looking into this.
They dontcare about there players
no dissrespect but your brother shouldn't have that many concussions playing baseball either he kinda did this too himself..
@@sheazy1383 some times were definitely just him going way too hard for no reason, but a few can happen to anyone, like getting drilled in the face as a pitcher, or catching a fastball to the mask as a catcher, since he played those two positions most often. One time a kid shoulder checked him in the face and got suspended for that season and the next, so some were his fault, but just as many weren't.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta WEED 4: Pot Vs Pills
I stopped playing football my sophomore year of college, after I had a petite mall seizure. I got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and I woke up on the floor. Covered in urine and my head had missed the toilet by only a few inches. That was my wake up call that something was going to give. I got out before things went South. Cannabis helped me with stress and the pains that still linger. I'm thankful to live in a state that has legalized it.
My past concussions definitely have affected my mental health, I’ve almost been in a coma and have memory issues. The depression and suicidal thoughts are overwhelming . I’ve only been smoking cannabis since 2019 but with-out it I wouldn’t have made it this far.
you’re not alone, we’re all in this fight together 🤟🏻 our concussion history and our brain pain does not define us nor will it ever. stay strong
the body needs digestive enzymes to break down proteins and amino acids so you won't have memory issues or depression.
Football player, wrestlers, and veterans suffer for either our entertainment or our protection, yet there are people denying them access to THC to help in some way sickens me. I say this a veteran who likes wrestling and has a respect for football players. Things need to change.
Ice hockey, boxing, MMA, even baseball and soccer too.
Thc? I think the weed they take it is not that high in thc, thc it is dangerous. The weed you get these days is really high on thc, i think we should push for real studies, but we must be real cautious.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta WEED 4: Pot Vs Pills
Yeah, I guess Rob Van Dam was way ahead of his time
can we talk about how supportive johns family is though gave me hope for humanity seeing the support those two have for each other sad to see these guys suffering.
Thank you Dr. Grinspoon for taking your time for this interview. You're an absolute saint and a greatly respected man within Cannabis for many, many reasons. Much love.
children are still being taken and familys are being torn apart for simple weed possession
That’s not true. The vast majority of people caught selling weed illegally or caught with large amounts of weed plead down to possession so they can get a lower charge which may include doing some time in jail and could split families but it’s not because someone got caught smoking a joint or something. The vast majority of states don’t care if u have a joint or smoking one.
@@SAsh-zg6lnvast majority yea but it's still happening
@@jacobbarrett8068 fair enough. Research which ones are still in jail/prison for simple possession and who didn’t plea down and let’s get them out and have their records expunged. Seems like it’s very difficult to find people who fit that criteria though. Unless some corrupt police and DA’s charged them
@@SAsh-zg6lnthey CAN get a lower charge. And you forgot that possession is still a felony. Which means CPS can intervene and literally split a family. Plus felony charges make it harder to even pass rent background checks, not including background checks for employment.
@@kylelangley8818 the vast majority of cases that are plead down aren’t for simple possessions. They’re mainly for people who are caught selling or caught having large amounts. If ur smoking a joint in ur back yard and ur in a state where weed is illegal, you’re most likely catching a misdemeanor at most. We’re on the same side here bud. Im just saying that people make it seem if ur caught smoking a joint that you’ll end up in prison which is false. Here’s a tip to anyone that smokes weed and lives in a state with garbage laws on it. Either do it very safely and secretly and make sure ur not driving or out in public and you’ll be straight
I’ve smoked weed for 30 years, and did so playing 3 different sports at a high level. Then once every couple of months a little DMT to break the barriers that the brain and eyes block.
@KelvinRobert-sq4tcAll locations in the US? Also, are the chocolate mushroom bars legit lol?
Show us the proof via video we'll wait
An excellent psychoplastogenic - keeping a few notes hopefully...
Paused @ 00.37. Think about How Many NFL players have been suspended and or Lost their Very Short careers because of Pot then think about about how many X-Players that have struggled lost everything or Died because of Teams pushing Opioids onto players to get through a game or season. Sad Pathetic and Disgusting!!!
Forget the stereotype of the dread loc rastafarian smoking weed. There has always been anecdotal evidence from Jamaicans of its medicinal benefits eg ganja tea for pain relief etc.
Didn't the NFL announce they would no longer be testing for Marinuana? If so that is a huge step forwards!
Very sad. What's taking so long for the NFL to green light a study? It would only help them.
This was in 2016, it’s since come a long way in research on its benefits, but cannabis is still technically a schedule one drug even in 2024 right next to cocaine and heroin.
Because it's a Company an Industry touched and run by legislators just like every Corporation in America!!
They don't want to study this lmao it would ruin their brand
Cannabis saved my life. Had multiple concussions from playing football and used cannabis throughout. The anti inflammatory properties of it kept my brain from swelling.
my parents found and got me weed as a kid that really struggled with TBIs in hockey, it was truly the only thing that helped anything. it would hurt to sleep, it still does on nights. marijuana does indeed help and the people that it could help could be exponential tbh
I’ve seen it do miracles with people with cancer.
bring this show back
Smoking joints every so often helped me with my anxiety years ago. I didn't do it for the high.
From Pop Warner to HS to college we were coached to use our heads as weapons.... back in the day. I did it well, too well and I've been paying a heavy price for it for the last 20 years and know that it's not gonna stop until I'm dead, why would anyone deny me? 64 and counting...
weed helps brain yes
Should we let kids play a game that gives them traumatic brain injuries that change their entire personalities for the rest of life, or should we let them play a sport that doesn't involve injuring your central nervous system permanently? Hmmmmm tough choice but I think they should stick to tennis/soccer/swimming/literally any other sport that doesn't ruin your brain
I've had encephalopathy last year when I learned I had kidney disease, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Forgetting who you are down to your name is the scariest thing I've ever gone through, suddenly having no hold on who you are or the world around you is pure hell.
Really is horrible to watch that man and his wife in so much pain
Saw this about 10 years ago Vice 🥴
And it's still good video journalism. Now Vice can rich people who didn't pay for an HBO cable subscription. Or people who aren't over the age of 18 10 years ago... Which is a lot of people. Like and Subscribe so we can get more journalism like this today.
@@john2g1I loved vice’s stories, they need new content!
This explains why they had Lester Grinspoon for the interview - he's dead for a couple of years by now.
I thought 5-HT2a agonists were much more powerful as TBI treatment, but if cannabinoids also increase neural plastogenic effects, why not, for after all, the cannabinoid side effects are far less intense....but Brian, hang in there please. Your wife and children are so beautiful, and don't worry, everyone has weird thoughts and feelings..... Your willingness to share with us is gratefully received - thank you kindly.
Yes helped with a lot of my ex military friend coming back with PTSD
Better than other PEDs lmao
AND JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS AND HAD CHOSEN THIS EXACT EPISODE OF WEEDIQUETTE I HAD WATCHED DURING THIS HOLIDAZE! GO GANJA!
This plus all the chronic physical ailments former NFL players have is a scary thing
I have seizures and the only thing that makes my nausea stop afterwards is marijuana
🔥🔥🔥 amazing video
Could you imagine being a single mother with 15 kids??!! His mother is a angel raising 15 kids and all of them respectful
I would love to see that did Baltimore Ravens player come out with his own cannabis brand then he could still live a comfortable life and support his family without getting hurt and still pushing for the cause for CBD in sports
YES WEED CAN 😁
I hope that the NFL will have a solution for that but I think it’s impossible for about what happened to the former players especially for those who already died.
Bro Mike Webster
Money and shareholders once again take priority over truth and well-being.
Played football since i was 5 multiple concussions I’ve played tru I’m 17 still play football to this day and i have significant signs of cte activity recently starting smoking weed and symptoms are lower than ever before and i have no problem talking without studerng
i like this host on vice
Newark NJ in the building. I never knew that Eugene Monroe was from here. He needs to co-op with Al Harrington. Also from just the other side of Newark airport.🤔
intro song?
I believe that adapting the rules to prioritize brain safety and emphasizing agility (like some games of native Americans) could be a resolution to this issue.
This is the great idea. Now hear me out. If we get it legalized for the NFL to be able to do this the federal government of the USA will be like "well of course are really big important football team can smoke weed, it might not be that bad." And this is how we get it federally legalized. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Lol. It's not currently legal due to the massive prison system complex profiting immensely, this doesn't affect that.
Yes.
Drugs are bad um Kay! So we give em opioids instead. Not CBD??? 😂
this was in docu weed from Dr sanjay Gupta yearsss ago.
Weed has pros and cons when dealing with football. I would like to join this race 🏁
So many benefits are very promising. I think a lot of work needs to be done to show efficacy in neuro-protective component. the obvious ones today though are around pain management. As a former player (through college) it's hard to explain how much pain you're in all season long. if THC/CBD can take the need off of using heavier pain meds that seems like a clear win. Too many guys get hooked on pain pills from this game.
No, mushrooms can though.
Every year more people come out of the NFL saying how they smoked weed playing pro ball. And it’s even more in the NBA for dudes who play 90 some games a year. I mean it’s gonna come around eventually because it’s something everyone is hiding once they can stop hiding it you’ll realize it’s not as bad.
This is a freaking medicine.....im a Veteran and im here to say that the green has changed my life. From multiple concussions, to gut surgery, ptsd and more. It helps me enjoy life with my wife and kids more. .. Its time for a world wide legalization 🙏💚. God bless
Them boys couldnt tackle a trashcan 😂
man I tell you there's more and more good news about cannabis every day. I support full legalization
not easy to talk about the effects of concussions after football especially after college football before the rules of no two a days and concussion protocols lol you can't deny it's there after hitting your frontal part of your brain for years and settling into the real world.
playing semi pro is wild. Give it up play flag on the weekend
Why you hating? 😃
@@hardcorexv7856 do you but getting hurt for no money and having to miss work over semi pro is crazy
I would be very surprised if the conclusion was no.
Sure, and it definitely has nothing to do with the fact that you get high on it yet think it’s absolutely safe and even good for you.
@@kazzz2765 when used in topical cream, tinctures, and cooking oils its completely safe and still beneficial...
This episode was aired in 2016, the nfl & research for its potential in helping CTE has since come a long way for its benefits, but cannabis is still technically a schedule one drug right next to heroin and cocaine even in 2024.
If this aired on vice tv in 2016, why is it just now being posted online 8 years later?
So many pros advocate for it and are alive I’m sure I have cte due to concussions and not only the pain but helps with mood I also have Asperger’s and former addict and weed saves me daily
They should be doing absolutely everything they can to help mitigate it!
@@Christian-ss3ov🙄 👌
Like athletes don't already smoke weed (and snort coke and pop oxy).
all highschool kids smoke weed now anyways
The issue is the leagues don’t care about the players. And that’s in any sport. They all would sweep this right under the rug if they could. And they even have before in the past numerous times. They don’t put rules in place or anything untill they are pressured to do so. And it dosent matter what it is really the league just dosent care about the players, they want production, and these teams know that in 3-5 years they will be able to go out and find another player for that position that’s just as good so why care if they last 20yr? And they have the mentality that “the strong survive and the weak give up.” But not when your pushing your body to that limit, and some peoples bodies can’t hold up during that. But yea this is a real issue in pro sports no doubt.
Now you people wanna listen
Alot of former NFL players have advocated for the league to lift the ban on cannabis. It's the most natural form of medicine there is
Weed can help with ANYTHING!!!!
I'm Living Proof That Cannabis Helps My Multiple Concussions, merci. Never Give Up! Stay Strong.
Why are you reuploading something from 2016?
Man when I used to have digital cable back in the day when first came out and vice channel first came out I used to watch Wesdiqute all the damn time. I seem to love that Hamilton Morris dude that dudes like a biochemist and hooked up and by me he's smart I respect until it's
early and here before this blows up
The only way to get a substantial enough drop in CTE in football is to get rid of helmets and pads. Gear gives a false sense of security and makes you hit exponentially harder.
Appropriately ripped a dab while watching this 😂
@@LorraineRose-xr4co get your rat 🐀 trap 🪤 self out of here TF
You know what would help even MORE with brain injuries? NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL. Deciding to willing play a game that always involves brain injuries is just silly.
keep cosplaying as a doctor ya weirdo. “Just don’t play football!” yeah man just quit your multi million dollar job and go into a field with no experience or education? do you really think you’re better than these people because you didn’t play a sport, like as if your some genius because of that?? get a grip dude. you’re not as smart as you think you are.
Sure, but to implement your idea is pretty unrealistic. It would be a whole lot easier to fund medical studies in favor of reducing CTE than to persuade an entire country to drop it's most popular sport. For better or worse, football is an American institution that's deeply intertwined with our higher education system, and undoing that connection would be basically impossible. Over time, parents are becoming more resistant to signing their kids up to play the game, but that number will never be zero, which means that it's way more potentially beneficial to protect the health of these millions of players rather than just calling them silly and closing the book.
Why Does The Title Capitalize All Words Except for One?
To make you ask questions.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta WEED 4: Pot Vs Pills
Absolutely no if a retail worker gets fired because he fails a drug test only showing thc they absolutely should not be allowed especially where their over paid as it is
can’t make it okay “for concussion help” cuz it’s not federally legal. not every team can smoke
Weed done went from a suspension to a recommendation. We'll I guess missing games is pry good for the brain also.
Look at Antonio Brown Chris Benoit
Even if it can’t, it couldn’t hurt to smoke anyways.
Cannabis Saves lifes. Knowledge is power.
Hello Vice
*Illegal? Is this video old?*
2016 reupload
Still federally illegal and illegal in many states
The question is, how does the NFL regulate it. Until it's legal at the federal level, the league won't approve it. Yes some states have it fully legalized, but its called the "National" football league for a reason.
Better than Fents
Either way the players still smoke weed lol no matter if it’s banned it’s always been like that. I just saw maxx Crosby smoking a blunt on live tv after a game and it was not a cigar or cigarillo I could say that for sure I could tell between a blunt and cigar lol
The NFL: Rejects any association with marijuana for being a drug and illegal Also the NFL: Facilitates the sale and promotion of alcohol How are all them fans driving home?
Yes, because many players will probably lose interest and wander off.
Weed attacks the memory and also your function while your on it also you don’t remember your dreams kind of like blacking out while drunk and not remembering it best way to be your best self is to not harm the body and blocking your brain from doing it’s job is harming your body train your Brain depression is a state of mind and can be fixed not with weed or anything else done in large quantity plus your dreams actually help you if you write them down and analyze them these things you take make your depression way worse over time been smoking for years and finally sober
Watch NFL seek research for CBD or other substances for CTE. I think CTE is uncureable though..
Haha yea because you dont feel like running around when you're fadded. Thats the only way it could reduce concussions haha
I mean come on we got to realize even if they're not smoking it for medical reason I would love to have cannabis dispensaries to be available to football players so that they can get therapeutic relax time even if it's not for a medical reason as long as they use it way ahead of the game and to not during game time or any conference time then what is the problem like just let them take some CBD and see how they perform on the field
Why just FB
Want a prime example?? Randy Fuckin Moss... He used it to heal
This episode felt like it was scripted by a PR Team for some reason.
After 6 brain surgeries from a car accident 22 years ago, I now smoke marijuana because it's the only thing that stops my seizures.
cannabis helps with the pain. The body needs enzymes to break down proteins and amino acids. When people have cte which they have protein tau chronic inflammation not breaking down properly,
nope
This was in 2016, it’s since come a long way in research on its benefits, so the answer actually was yes.
An NFL player cannot be serious about his brain health while continuing being a football player. These people slowly kill themselves because they are being paid millions for basically the only thing they are trained to do that makes anywhere near that money. They are being coerced into giving themselves countless concussions. Every single play multiple players are suffering minor brain trauma, not from direct hits, but from being knocked backward and making contact with the ground. This CBD theory is interesting, but there's just no way to avoid this kind of repeated trauma, it's practically the rules in the game being a full contact sport. If you think about how wearing armor and a helmet might change a player's psychology, how they protect themselves, and their aggression, you can see why it's even worse than other full contact sports with less or no armor, like hockey or rugby. Not that those don't cause brain damage too. They do, and there's at least some risk of injury in every physical activity. But the evidence against football, sheesh. Just stop. We made a huge mistake letting this sport become so popular.
special strain of mushrooms neural plasticity
the man at 10:35 should try inner engineering by sadhguru it coud help
Background music is super annoying.