{"id":9199,"date":"2016-07-22T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T11:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweedblog.com\/?p=49564"},"modified":"2016-07-22T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T11:52:10","slug":"medical-marijuana-advocate-eugene-monroe-announces-retirement-from-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-advocate-eugene-monroe-announces-retirement-from-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Marijuana Advocate Eugene Monroe Announces Retirement From NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medical-marijuana-advocate-eugene-monroe-announces-retirement-from-nfl\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/medical-marijuana-advocate-eugene-monroe-announces-retirement-from-nfl.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a passionate and heart-warming post on The Players Tribune, Eugene Monroe announced that he is quitting the game he loves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Monroe, who is only 29-years-old, says the decision, \u201cmay be puzzling to some.\u201d However, Monroe says he is thinking about his family. \u201cOver 90% of former NFL players that have been examined shows signs of [CTE]. I am terrified.\u201d A strong statement coming from the 6? 5? offensive lineman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In recent months, Monroe has spent extensive time advocating for the expansion of medical marijuana research to find an alternate option to opioid use in the NFL. He says he will continue his advocacy of marijuana post-career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the future remains unknown, we at The Weed Blog would like to congratulate Eugene Monroe on a terrific career in the NFL, and we look forward to his bright future in the fight for legalization in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To read Eugene\u2019s full letter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/eugene-monroe-nfl-retirement\/\"><span class=\"s2\">visit The Players Tribune here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a passionate and heart-warming post on The Players Tribune, Eugene Monroe announced that he is quitting the game he loves. Monroe, who is only 29-years-old, says the decision, &#8220;may be puzzling to some.&#8221; However, Monroe says he is thinking about his family. &#8220;Over 90% of former NFL players that have been examined shows signs [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theweedblog.com\/medical-marijuana-policy\/medical-marijuana-advocate-eugene-monroe-announces-retirement-from-nfl\">Medical Marijuana Advocate Eugene Monroe Announces Retirement From NFL<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theweedblog.com\">The Weed Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6821,9,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6823],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}