The former NFL offensive lineman said he’s been smoking marijuana for 20 years and credits it with saving his life.
, former NFL offensive lineman Kyle Turley said something already exists to help combat the pandemic.
Turley, 44, was standing in Shango, a cannabis dispensary about 60 miles east of Los Angeles in which Turley is part owner. He pulled out his phone and showed video of what he said were about 200 people lined up for the store’s grand opening March 13. “This is the first house I’ve ever lived in, now for five years, where I’ve not broke a door off a hinge, put a hole in the wall, thrown dishes and plates and lost my mind," he said.
Turley said several years ago he contemplated jumping out of the third story of his family’s house before he decided he needed to give up pharmaceuticals, which include"psych meds.'' During the interview and tour of the store, he grew grew impassioned when talking about his efforts to make cannabis available to NFL veterans. He said he wishes he could have shared his cannabis testimony with Junior Seau, the Hall of Fame linebacker who committed suicide 2012.
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