Ricky Williams says he lost $10 million for smoking pot in the NFL—now he's made it his business.
Infamous for being a pot-smoker, former NFL running back Ricky Williams estimated two years ago that he'd lost as much as $10 million in salary and potential endorsements during his playing days due to his marijuana use.
But his career was frequently disrupted by the criticism and punishment he received over his unapologetic use of marijuana as a treatment for depression and social anxiety disorder. He failed multiple drug tests early in his career and served a one-year suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, at one point even stepping away from the field for a yearlong"retirement" in 2004 rather than face a suspension for a failed drug test.
"I went online and I cross-referenced what people were searching 'herbal remedies' for with what people were searching for medicinal marijuana for," he says. RW also has a"Sport" line of products"for sprains, bruises, muscle tightness" that include a topical salve that combines CBD with herbs like arnica, cayenne, lavender and St. John's Wort.
Williams adds that the company has raised about $500,000 from a group of investors , and he'd like to kick off another fundraising round in the next six months.
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