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‘This is the Renaissance.’ Ricky Williams speaks at cannabis conference in Miami
Ricky Williams landed in Miami Thursday night time and in the course of a blunt, he couldn’t assist however suppose again to twenty years in the past.
“A big majority of my story with hashish” began about two blocks from the place he spoke on the sixth annual Hashish LAB Convention & Expo on the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami Friday morning.
The previous Dolphins operating again was traded from the New Orleans Saints to Miami in March 2002, proper when “I simply actually grew to become a smoker” and he was searching for a “hookup” in a brand new metropolis.
And so this seek for marijuana led Williams from his residence in Fort Lauderdale to the parking zone of a dentist, the place “some man got here out with an enormous bag.”
Williams’ use of marijuana throughout his NFL profession has been effectively documented and for many of his enjoying days carried a adverse stigma, as he left the sport shortly earlier than 2004 coaching camp and was later suspended for a complete season for violating the league’s substance-abuse coverage.
Years later, he returned to Miami to talk about the constructive results of the plant for him, not solely as a participant — serving to his bodily restoration and nervousness — however post-retirement.
“My private expertise with hashish is that it was one thing that was enhancing the standard of my life,” he stated throughout his 11-minute keynote tackle.
Williams, who legally modified his identify to Errick Miron, spoke in regards to the crossroads he confronted when he landed within the league’s drug program for repeated failed checks and the way he “rolled the cube” along with his determination to retire from the NFL.
Williams, now 45, spent that point away from the sport touring around the globe, together with India, the place he discovered about yoga, meditation and astrology.
“What I discovered was, I didn’t throw my life away,” he stated. “It was truly the other. …. We develop up. As time goes on, we be taught extra about ourselves. We often come to sure moments the place we get this flash about who we actually are. … This was a spot I used to be in. I assumed that is what I needed to be however clearly I gave all of it up so there have to be one thing extra.”
Williams returned to the Dolphins in 2005, serving a four-game suspension for his failed drug check after which was banned for the whole thing of the 2006 season for an additional violation. He returned to play 5 extra seasons, his last with the Baltimore Ravens, and introduced his retirement after the 2011 season. Williams completed his profession with 12,615 complete yards and 74 touchdowns.
Within the years that adopted, Williams continued to smoke, very happy to remain “low-key” and free from the specter of the league’s drug-testing program.
However then Kyle Turley, a former offensive lineman and Williams’ teammate in New Orleans, invited him to talk at a 2015 hashish convention in Phoenix.
After wrestling with a call, Williams agreed, seeing it as a chance to “come out of the shadows” and “be extra my genuine self as a substitute of compartmentalizing and hiding elements of myself.”
Williams, who now lives in Los Angeles, stated telling his story publicly was “cathartic” and the reception was constructive.
“In all probability 20 folks got here as much as me and mainly advised me I used to be their hero,” he later advised the Miami Herald. “I had by no means knew this as a result of it’s been on the hush. However talking publicly about it, I began to get suggestions about folks that have been going by the identical struggles I used to be going by. And due to my story, they have been inspired to maintain on pushing by. And so I noticed, wow, I have an effect on extra folks after I share my story than after I cover it. And I felt the strain then to maintain telling the story.”
Final 12 months, Williams took his best leap within the hashish business, launching the approach to life model Highsman, a play-on-words to the Heisman award he received because the nation’s high faculty soccer participant. The model sells “personally curated hashish merchandise” together with hashish, associated equipment and streetwear merchandise. It first launched in California, Nevada and Oregon — all states that enable leisure use — and is transferring into Pennsylvania and Massachusetts within the fall.
“You may’t take the soccer participant out of me,” he stated. “The best way that I’m going about enterprise is identical manner that I used to be educated to go in regards to the soccer subject. And a lot about that’s the crew.”
“Ricky is definitely the proper spokesperson for hashish,” stated Robert Friedman, the founding father of the expo which brings entrepreneurs, traders and authorized specialists collectively. “One, as a result of lots of people within the business have suffered to get to the place it’s now. And nobody could also be greater than Ricky by way of being kicked out of the NFL … And now stadiums are being named after him.”
Lately, extra athletes, present and former, have continued to talk about the advantages of marijuana use, with Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant lately likening it to a glass of wine.
The NFL has additionally softened its stance on marijuana. Within the collective bargaining settlement handed in 2020, the league eradicated suspensions for constructive marijuana checks, diminished the testing window to the primary two weeks of coaching camp and elevated the edge for a constructive check.
“A lot of our conditioning round this plant has been adverse … however there’s nonetheless lingering items,” Williams stated. “Even the entire concept of medicinal marijuana. I honor the concept marijuana is nice, it helps us really feel higher. However to me, there doesn’t need to be one thing improper with you so that you can really feel higher.”
In March 2019, Florida handed a invoice permitting smokable medical marijuana to be bought in therapy facilities to sufferers with a medical marijuana card. Leisure use stays unlawful however native regulation enforcement has softened their prosecution of minor possession circumstances.
Williams predicted that when made absolutely authorized, Florida will probably be “one of many high three states” for the business.
“Sadly, 1937 till about 20 years in the past, there may be huge Prohibition, Darkish Ages,” he stated. “And now we’re popping out. And that is the Renaissance.”
This story was initially printed June 4, 2022 12:26 PM.
With our Miami Dolphins hosting the New England Patriots tomorrow afternoon, I asked the two customary prediction questions this past week. Below are the questions, with some of your answers to each.
A) What will be the final score in this week’s Miami Dolphins game against the New England Patriots?
B) What other predictions do you have for the upcoming game against the Patriots? (stars of the game, etc.)
Alley Gator sees the Phins win by reverting to their old ways.
I expect a big dose of Rhamonde Stevenson running and receiving, short passes to TE’s Hooper and Henry to try to keep our offense off the field. Last week, the Rams WR’s Puka and Kupp both went over 100 yards on the Patsies, so we’ll revert to bombs away to Hill and Waddle. NE dominates time of possession, but we win on a couple of big plays. Dolphins 21, Pats 13
Alpha6 has the Dolphins more than double up on the Pats off a solid day from the defense.
Points: Dolphins 35, Cheatriots 17 There will be a pick 6 by the Dolphins’ D. There will be 4 sacks by the Dolphins’ D to go with that.
62Lou predicts that the overwhelming talent of the Phins wins the day.
Miami SHOULD WIN this game, at home against a rookie QB.
These division games are tough tho, and I expect a real fight. But Miami simply has TOO MUCH TALENT TO LOSE, unless McNerd and Tua blow it.
NO EXCUSES – FIRE THE NERD IF WE LOSE…
Miami 27 NE 20..
the spread of Miami at -7.5 is too much, we barely covered last week at the 3:19 mark in the 4th qtr. a blown coverage on the TE saved us, after needing 10 and 12 play drives all day, we got a cheap one.
DolphinsKings1 sees domination on both sides of the ball.
Pathetics 16 Dolphins 40 (I see a smack down)!
PASSING (244 in the air)
Tua 27 of 37 244 yards 3 TD’s Ints 0
RUSHING (214 on the ground)
Achane 25 carries 91 yards 1 TD
Wright 11 carries 96 yards
Mostert 9 carries 27 yards
RECEIVING
Jonnu 9 catches 69 yards 1 TD
Hill 8 catches 83 yards
Waddle 6 catches 57 yards 1 TD
Achane 4 catches 35 yards 1 TD
KICKING
Jason 4 for 4 FG’s 33,27,23,and 27
1 Punt
DEFENSE (only allows 187 total yards)
3 Sacks – Campbell 1, Holland 1 FF and R, and Sieler 1
2 Interceptions – Poyer 1 and Kohou 1
daytonadolfan is a day late but was shorted no dollars…
A day behind but I think it will be 31-13 Dolphins!
finfanfromsiam has the Phins winning a close one.
This is still a division game so not going to predict a blowout. We have a tendency to make rookies and nobodies into Montana. So going with 23-16. For stars of the game going with Jonnu and Achane.
David7777 is predicting the Pats to have their worst game of 2024. That’s a very low bar!
Worst game of the year for the Patriots
3 Interceptions and 2 Fumbles D-Line all over Maye this game
Dolphins 42-10
Tua2HillWaddle sees the defense keeping New England out of the endzone.
Fins 29-12. 2 fumble recoveries and 2 pics deep in NE territory. Defense only allows 4 fg’s.
EzDz73 predicts a struggle of a game resulting in a win by a TD for Miami.
This will likely be another hard fought division game. I predict the Fins for the win, 27-20
heatforlife sees Juliann Hill’s play as an indicator of the direction of the team.
when juliann hill has a good game u know things are trending in the right direction.pats gonna be a close game .think we win but not by much.30 24 fins.need fuller back healthy kohou on the bench forever.duck cb 3 cam cb4 kohou cb0.
Dolfanjoe believes that the Pats are already tanking.
Pat’s battling for the # 1 spot in the draft! Which they are hoping to trade for first-rounders for years to come. They will put on a show and see it Fins 27 Pat’s 17 . 10 – 10 at halftime worrying the local supporters !
SabanpickedCulpepper is unhappy with the new ball control offense that the Phins are running.
Defense needs to force punts, when our offense takes 8 minute drives and kicks fgs and our D can’t get off the field it’s counter productive. We’re actually decreasing our number of offense possessions
Spok507 is a fan of the new ball-control offense.
One game at a time. Ball control and clock control will bring us a win and we inch closer to getting a play-off berth. It’ll be a complete change of pace for the Fins to actually be peaking at the right time of the season and have some forward momentum carrying them into the Thanksgiving Prime Time game at Green Bay. I’m ready for it. Just concentrate on beating NE; control the LoS on both sides of the ball, stick with the ground game, take what the defense gives and force NE’s rookie QB into making mistakes.
As for the injury report, maybe Poyer should actually practice instead of ‘rest’ — seems like he could use the reps. McMorris was a full participant, so maybe he’ll see action and replace Poyer. We can only hope. Fuller is still out due to concussion, but this is week 3, so I’m hoping he’ll be off the list soon. We need Kohou back in the nickel and not covering the boundry until he remembers how to tackle. We also need Ingold back to help the run game. We’ll know more after today’s injury report.
SlayerNation1 predicts that the Phins will win but once again fails to close out a game early.
MIA 27 NE 16
Similar to last week, Miami never trails but allows
NE to hang around unnecessarily, until the 3rd quarter.
NE will extend drives with Maye’s mobility and easy pitch and catch to TEs Henry/Hooper.
Miami’s newly found ball control offense works again due to the fact they never trail. Waddle and Holland again do very little. Jonnu and Achane are the offense again,
TommyNascar believes that we should have already given up on the season.
We will win, end up 9-8, miss the playoffs and stuck in the mediocrity cycle. I would rather we lost out starting a few weeks ago, pull the tooth now, get the #1 pick and grab a new qb to start building for the future. I just don’t see championship caliber here now.
Well that’s our random selection of comments this week. There is a lot of positivity from the fans, at least here at the Phinsider overall. Well, from most of you. Time will see! Thank you to each of you who took the time to read and comment on our question of the day post. Please join us tomorrow afternoon for our live thread to follow our Miami Dolphins against the New England Patriots.
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15-year-old girl shot at McDonald’s in NW Miami-Dade; police believe shooting was accidental – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Rescue crews took a 15-year-old girl to the hospital after, police said, she became the victim of a shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the incident at the McDonald’s at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 95th Street, at around 10:15 p.m. on Friday.
Investigators said the teen was wounded in the shoulder while at the fast food restaurant.
Paramedics brought the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Detectives are questioning one person. They believe the shooting was accidental.
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