re: Goodell: No medical benefits from marijuana

Sure but he's cool with all the players taking Vicodin...

Sure, that's not addicting.

"The trainers and the doctors used to go down the aisle and say, 'Who needs what?'" Turley said. "If you had something hurting and needed a painkiller to take the edge off so you could sleep that night, they made sure you had it.

A scientific study conducted by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that retired NFL players misuse opioid pain medications at a rate more than four times that of the general population.

When asked about their prescription painkiller use while playing in the NFL, 52 percent of the retired players surveyed said they used prescription pain medication. Of those users, 71 percent admitted misusing the drugs during their playing days.

"I never took a Vicodin in college, ever," he said. "I didn't even know what Vicodin was until I got to the NFL."