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This Summer Is the Start of Open and Unapologetic Cannabis Use in Athletics

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 09:22

It’s been great to see a few sports figures giving cannabis the crossover moments it needs.

In America, sports has long been great for stirring social change.

Which is why, as America argues over San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's antics, it's been great to see a few sports figures giving cannabis the crossover moments it needs—scenes that show the rest of the country a glimpse of the normalization happening in Portland, Denver and Seattle.

There have been two such moments in the last month—occasions where regular ol' non-stoners had a casual, positive cannabis experience. And, in one case, it's actually leading to real commerce.

In late August, Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott—you may remember him shoving Oregon Ducks defenders around like a playground bully in Ohio State's victory in the 2014 national championship game—visited a Seattle pot shop called Herban Legends. Sadly, he didn't...

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