Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr admitted to using marijuana while dealing with chronic back pain. Kerr got surgery on his back and missed 43 games during the Warriors historic 73-9 season. Since Kerr’s admission, reporters of course asked his players about their stance on the drug.
“I’ve never been a guy who has done it, period,” Draymond Green said. “So, I can’t say that I know much about it, but from what I hear from whether it’s football guys, I think a lot of them do it because of all the pain that they go through.
“And when you read Steve’s comments, it makes a lot of sense. When you look at something that comes from the earth, any vegetable that comes from the earth, they encourage you to eat it. So, I guess it does make a little sense as opposed to giving someone a manufactured pill. If something takes your pain away like some of these pills do, it can’t be that good for you.”
“But not recreation use,” Klay Thompson said. “That should not be of its use ever, but there’s obviously a medicinal side to [marijuana] that people are finding out have benefits, especially people in really high pain.”
Sidenote via SLAM:
In 2011, while he was at Washington State, Thompson was arrested for marijuana possession when his car was pulled over and cops found under two grams of weed.
source: ESPN
