![]() ![]() You don’t know if they’ve become addicted and need them to continue to play and have no pain. I knew guys were taking painkillers, but you really have no idea how many. Was it pretty eye-opening during your career to see players taking opioids and the effects?Ībsolutely. Off-color and off-the-cuff – teammates dish on the wonderful and wacky Brett Hull: ‘He’s got no filter’ #stlblues If you can have something like that that alleviates the pain without having to take opioids, it makes it worthwhile to keep studying it and to keep moving forward. You look at that and the facts that have come out that CBD, along with THC, in cannabis can alleviate the pain. Everybody else, from (Chase) with his lesion on his brain, and Todd Ewen, and people getting their hips and knee replaced and having chronic problems, guys who can’t even play golf because their backs are so screwed up. I only missed a couple of shifts before I went back out and played. I can look back at maybe one time I might have had a mild one, but I never had any symptoms. I’m not even sure I had a concussion during my career. ![]() What do you recall about post-career aches and pains and learning how to deal with them? They tell me that the only time they’re not in pain is when they’re taking cannabis. I have a friend, not a hockey player, who can barely sleep because of (a) neck injury. We want to get it out there to people who need it, that it can help. ![]() We knew it was just medical at the time, and that was the key. (Chase) came to me and he said, “We’re working to put medical marijuana on the ballot.” I know some people that are in the business, and they said with all the things coming out about the benefits of it, it’s worth your while to talk to them. Why did you get involved in the cannabis business? (Note: The following Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.) The Athletic caught up with Hull to find out more about his involvement, why he elects to use cannabis and what he thinks about having a strain with his name on it. Of course, Hull has never been hesitant about voicing his opinions - or concerned about what people think of him. ![]()
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