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Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant discussed the stigma regarding the use of marijuana among athletes and said he regularly smokes weed in an interview with David Letterman.
“To me, it clears the distractions out of your brain a little bit. Settles you down. It’s like having a glass of wine,” Durant said in an advance of the interview provided to Bleacher Report by Netflix.
Durant said he began smoking weed at the age of 22. His comments are noteworthy because marijuana remains banned by the NBA, though the league has not randomly tested players the last two seasons. The league’s more relaxed policies on marijuana began in the Orlando bubble.
“We was blowing it down in there,” J.R. Smith recently said during an appearance on All the Smoke. “That was the only way you could really function in that joint.”
It’s unknown whether Durant ever tested positive for marijuana; he has never been suspended for any violations of the league’s substance-abuse policy.
Durant has partnered with Weedmaps, a tech company that provides information on marijuana dispensaries, along with reviews of the locations written by users. The future Hall of Famer said he wants to “change the narrative around athletes and marijuana.”
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Published: May 18, 2022
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