Raul Molina, COO of Mint Cannabis, plans to give three former star NFL football players – Jim McMahon, Kyle Turley and Eben Britton – a tour of the Mint’s flagship Tempe dispensary on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Following the tour, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the players will sign autographs and talk with cannabis patients, customers and the media about their new cannabis company, Revenant, and how cannabis has improved their quality of life.
McMahon uses cannabis to treat the chronic pain and arthritis that he suffers from as a result of his football career. He calls cannabis a "Godsend" that allowed him to eliminate his painkiller habit which he says included 100 percocet pills a month.
Admittedly hooked on opioids and other prescription meds, Turley quit with the help of cannabis. He and McMahon suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury sustained from repeatedly hitting their heads during their football careers. Turley has said in media interviews that his CTE symptoms have subsided since using cannabis.
Britton told the Bleacher Report that he often smoked marijuana to relieve “psychological distress or sciatica or pain in my shoulders.” He estimated “over 50% and it could be as high as 75%” of NFL players use cannabis.
Mint Cannabis is located in Tempe at 5210 S. Priest Drive.
For more information on Revenant, visit revenantmj.com.
Aug. 31 is National Overdose Awareness Day. This is a global event each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death.
