Errick Miron AKA Ricky Williams Shares Shocking Story About Cannabis Use in NFL

Ricky Williams is telling stories.

Texas Longhorn and Miami Dolphins legend Ricky Williams joined the Sports Seriously podcast and discussed a wide range of topics with the eccentric running back. Williams shared his thoughts on the current conversation around cannabis in sports, Arch Manning’s decision to join Texas, and got his thoughts on the hype surrounding the Miami Dolphins this season. He also shared a pretty shocking story about how an NFL veteran taught him how to take care of himself.

Ricky explains how marijuana and Vicodin were encouraged.

“I played a long time ago and I played for a long time. So things have changed a lot when I first got into the league.

My rookie year, a Hall of Fame player on the team, he’s in the Hall of Fame now, invited me over to his house and he gave me the speech about how to take care of yourself in the NFL. And he pulled out some cannabis, crushed it up, split a blunt, opened it up, put the cannabis in there, took a Vicodin, crushed it up, sprinkled the Vico in there, rolled up the blunt and passed it to me. That was a vet, teaching me as a rookie, how to take care of myself in the NFL.”

Williams also spoke about the end of his career:

“My last year in the NFL, I was playing for the Ravens. And one point we were in the playoffs and I was leaving the facility and there were guys coming in with a plate full of ‘brownies.’ They [were] going to go watch film, so yeah…

And now, because it’s more legal, it’s to the point, why wouldn’t you [use it] if you’re in the NFL?”

Clearly Ricky played during the wrong era.  He was demonized for being a Pot head when it sounds like everyone was getting high.

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