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HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ explores NFL players use of marijuana (Video)

By Patrick Schmidt

Dec 15, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell before the game between the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 15, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell before the game between the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 15, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell before the game between the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

The two teams playing in Super Bowl XLVIII, the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, are from states where marijuana is decriminalized, but the drug is still outlawed by the NFL and the topic of NFL players smoking weed is one of the topics discussed on Tuesday night’s episode of Real Sports on HBO.

"“The enlightening feature, reported by correspondent Andrea Kremer and produced by Chapman Downes, includes interviews with former NFL tight end Nate Jackson (Broncos 2003-2008); former NFL punter Chris Kluwe (Vikings 2005-2012); NFL Senior Vice President of Law and Labor Policy Adolpho Birch; Dr. Raphael Mechoulam of Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and former NFL player Daniel Davis (Real Sports happened to run into him at a Denver area dispensary while they were filming the segment).” [via Awful Announcing’s Amanda Rykoff]"

The report which airs at 9 p.m. central time discusses the preference of marijuana to prescription drugs to treat the pain form the malady of injuries players in the league suffer and if it is time to remove marijuana from the baned list and allow medicinal marijuana to treat pain.

This should be a fascinating segment that is sure to create a lot of debate.

If you don’t have HBO, you can watch this teaser.

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