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Opinion: Cannabis could help prevent long-term damage from concussions

Marijuana could be the answer to football’s concussion treatment problem.

Illustration by Andrew Fraieli | Managing Editor

Correction: The previous print edition ( volume 18, issue two) of this article had an editing error in the “What is CTE” sidebar. The error stated 321 American football players died as a result of CTE when not all had the disease confirmed. Twelve of the 321 brains underwent studies, all of which came back positive for CTE.

The violent yet poetic nature of football pulls fans back like the hankering a heavy smoker gets for a cigarette.