Snoop Dogg has praised the National Basketball Association amid reports the league intends to drop marijuana from its banned substances list for players.
The D-oh-double-G sat down with ESPN program Stephen A’s World to chat all things basketball, with the weed aficionado turning the conversation to his favorite topic of all.
Which was marijuana. Obviously.
Snoop, real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, revealed that he is unsurprisingly all for the NBA to drop it like it’s hot when it comes to marijuana and the banned substances list.
The 51-year-old rapper backs the change due to the ‘medical side of it, the health benefits and how it could actually help ease the opioids and all the pills that they’ve been given and the injections’.
“I thought about that side and how certain players have been able to have a beautiful life after sports because of the fact that they’ve been able to treat themselves,” he said.
“As long as it doesn’t enhance your skills to make you play better or to give you an advantage, you should be able to treat yourself and to heal yourself.”
The ‘Gin and Juice’ rapper added that if the NBA moves to drop weed from the banned substances list then they are following the example already set by other codes like Major League Baseball.
This interview came after The Athletic said the NBA is on the cusp of letting players light up with the green stuff under a new agreement.
According to a report by the Marijuana Movement, NBA players may also soon be allowed to promote and invest in the growing cannabis industry, which has been legalized in most states across America.
It’s also not the first time the ‘Beautiful’ rapper has spoken out about athletics organizations giving players more leniency when it comes to cannabis use.
Snoop has emphasized that cannabis could serve as a less addictive and dangerous alternative to prescription opioids.
During a 2021 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Snoop argued on behalf of athletes who may seek out cannabis as an alternate therapy.
“What happens a lot of times [is] these athletes take these pills and they get addicted to these pills, and it still doesn’t give them the relief that they need as far as with the pain or whatever they’re going through,” he said at the time.
He added that prescription medications like Oxycontin and Xanax can result in addiction as users increase their dosage as their bodies form a tolerance for the drug.
But, according to Snoop, the answer could lie in marijuana.
“Through the [use of cannabidiol], through the use of THC, through the use of marijuana, through the use of cannabis, they’re able to find a relaxation and get the medical treatment that they deserve without having those later side effects,” he said.
Snoop added: “So I push for that in sports.”
