I’m 39 years old. I tried marijuana for the first time two years ago when I was in Colorado. I’ve never been against it—but having long been a beer guy I just never figured it was my “thing.”

The NFL doesn’t want players to use “cannabis,” whose effects are unproven after existing in civilization as long as we’ve had written history. But they will dope their players up with dozens and dozens of experimental drugs, which have to stop being used once they’re actually tested and found to be illegal or deadly.

I think it is weird for people who have never gone through periods of intense suicidal ideation to really grasp how scary it is to worry that somewhere down the line for reasons you can’t even think of right now you might have such a strong urge to off yourself that you can’t resist. That’s really one of the most…

I don’t know if I can trust his assessment. Every time he says something is going backward, it’s really moving forward.

Off topic, but I’m at a Sixers game a few weeks ago. There were about 15,000 there to see them play the Hawks, probably based on a combination of Embiid fans, and the fact that people who bought packages to see the Cavs/Warriors/Thunder were forced into including the game in their package. Time comes for the national…