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Dear Nurse Susan,
I am a huge football fan, from high school football, all the way to the NFL. I’d watch football 24/7 if I could! The Super Bowl is this weekend and I cringe every time one of those NFL players bangs his head. I’ve been hearing more and more about CTE and how devastating it is to football players, boxers and hockey players. Is medical marijuana really helpful for that? I saw in the news a while back that retired NFL player Marvin Washington is suing attorney general Jeff Session over marijuana! That’s bold! - Huge NFL Fan
Cannabis and the NFL (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - CTE)
Dear NFL Fan,
I know exactly what you mean; it hurts to watch (and hear) when a player lands on his head or careens with another player. My heart stops when they get knocked unconscious, because I know all that is happening in their brains, and its not pretty. When we watch football, its easy to think that that is the only time players suffer head injuries or concussions. We don’t think about all the practices when they are also experiencing repeated head injury.
These videos convey the ongoing, repetitive nature of the injuries that lead to CTE.
Hitting in the NFL | The Old
NFL vs. the New NFL
Liam Mitchell
Published on Mar 24, 2016
Nurse's STATION
With
Susan Marks RN BS PHN
Field of Vision - Concussion Protocol
Field of Vision
Published on Feb 1, 2018