The NFL needs to reduce the use of opioids and allow injured players to use medical marijuana, Baltimore Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe wrote in a first-person essay for The Players Tribune that was published Monday.
"The NFL relies heavily on opioids to get players back on the field as soon as possible, but studies have shown medical marijuana to be a much better solution," Monroe wrote in an essay titled 'Getting off the T Train.' "(Medical marijuana) is safer, less addictive and can even reduce opioid dependence."
Monroe points out that the NFL and its players union, the NFLPA, ban any use of marijuana.