Calvin Johnson Makes a Shocking Revelation of Opioid Abuse in NFL, Says he Smoked Weed During his Career

Legendary NFL footballer Calvin Johnson, in an interview with Sports Illustrated, made a shocking revelation about the use of drugs in the league during his playing days.

Saying that there was opioid abuse, he continued that almost all types of drugs were available in the training room.

“When I got to the league, [there] was opioid abuse,” Johnson was quoted as saying. “You really could go in the training room and get what you wanted. I can get Vicodin, I can get Oxy[contin]. It was too available. I used Percocet and stuff like that. And I did not like the way that made me feel. I had my preferred choice of medicine. Cannabis.”

Having been forced to apologise a few years back that he had misused the terms damage and concussion, Johnson admitted in the latest interview that  he used to get concussed during matches and the Lions wanted him to “change the story.”

“Bam, hit the ground real hard. I’m seeing stars; I can’t see straight,” he said. “But I know in a couple minutes I’m gonna be fine. Because I’ve done that plenty of times before.”

“I knew I was concussed because I blacked out. I wasn’t seeing straight. And they wanted me to change my story.” He said that he played through concussions in many games because that is how, according to Johnson, one would earn Employee of the Month in NFL.

Following Johnson’s claims, Detroit Lions issued a statement on their part.

“We respect the privacy of individual players’ medical situations and take great pride in the extensive work done by our medical staff and executive team to ensure we follow the appropriate protocols with respect to player health and safety. The well-being of our players will continue to be an organizational priority,” the statement read.

Johnson, 33, is widely regarded as one of the best wide receivers in NFL, had shocked everyone when he retired in 2016 at the age of just 30, claiming a “very strong possibilty” of continuing had the Lions been a contender. Few of the facts revealed in the interview remain as shocking to the world as his retirement.