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03-17-2016, 03:12 AM
Jay Williams: 75 to 80 percent of NBA players ***** marijuana
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Jay Williams — the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/) Draft and a basketball analyst for ESPN — thinks it's time for the sports word to loosen up about marijuana.*
Williams estimated three-quarters of NBA players use pot, said its medical benefits are glossed over in sports and argued that cannabis has been unfairly "demonized" in an*interview published Wednesday.*
SEE ALSO: The 'world's fastest stoner' is **t Olympics-bound after all (http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/worlds-fastest-stoner-chris-barnicle/)
“It’s easy for doctors to prescribe you Oxycontin and, look, I was addicted to it for five-plus years so I k**w,” Williams told FOXBusiness.com (http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/03/16/fmr-nba-player-jay-williams-80-players-use-marijuana.html). “But when you say marijuana you get a reaction: 'Ahhh, it’s a gateway drug.'” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/jay-williams-marijuana-sports/)
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Jay Williams — the second overall pick in the 2002 NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/) Draft and a basketball analyst for ESPN — thinks it's time for the sports word to loosen up about marijuana.*
Williams estimated three-quarters of NBA players use pot, said its medical benefits are glossed over in sports and argued that cannabis has been unfairly "demonized" in an*interview published Wednesday.*
SEE ALSO: The 'world's fastest stoner' is **t Olympics-bound after all (http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/worlds-fastest-stoner-chris-barnicle/)
“It’s easy for doctors to prescribe you Oxycontin and, look, I was addicted to it for five-plus years so I k**w,” Williams told FOXBusiness.com (http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2016/03/16/fmr-nba-player-jay-williams-80-players-use-marijuana.html). “But when you say marijuana you get a reaction: 'Ahhh, it’s a gateway drug.'” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/jay-williams-marijuana-sports/)
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