McMahon stirring the pot
Ex- Bear will appear in spot for recreational marijuana
Jim McMahon will appear on “Thursday Night Football” in his home state, stumping not for the navy blue and orange, but for green.
The former Bears quarterback will appear in a commercial encouraging Arizonans to vote yes next month on Proposition 205, which would legalize recreational marijuana use in the state.
In the ad, the Super Bowl XX champion talks about how he began taking painkillers in 1983, his second season with the Bears, and kept the regimen up “daily” for the rest of his career, which ended with the Green Bay Packers in 1996.
“It takes its toll,” he said. “I was taking too many of those things.”
McMahon, who moved to Arizona upon retirement, said he has been us- ing marijuana to treat his pain since he retired. He has held an Arizona medical marijuana card since that law was passed six years ago.
“Marijuana should be available to all adults who need it,” he said.
In Arizona, medical marijuana cards cost $ 150 and must be renewed each year at the same cost.
“Someone like me can afford to become a medical marijuana patient, but others aren’t so lucky,” McMahon says in the commercial. “I’m voting ‘ yes’ on Prop 205 and hope you will, too.”
McMahon, 57, has complained of pain since his playing days. In retirement, he has cited headaches, pressure and dementia symptoms, but said he has received relief from treatments administered by New York chiropractors, who adjusted his neck and improved the flow of his spinal fluid.
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