Jake Plummer – Retired NFL Quarterback

45-Year-Old Idaho Native Jake “The Snake” Plummer has become a major advocate of medical cannabis use after his retirement from the NFL in 2007.  As discussed in a recent interview with The Bleacher Report (https://thelab.bleacherreport.com/jake-plummer-s-pot-crusade/), Plummer credits cannabis for saving his way of life.

Plummer dealt with chronic pain  in his throwing shoulder, lower back and, most noticeably, his hips. He tore both hip labrums at some point during his NFL career. He required major surgeries, and after Plummer was nearly immobilized for eight weeks, hobbling a few steps per day on crutches, he started to have what he calls "deep thoughts."

"I was miserable," he says. "I was mad, pissed off. Questioning: Why the hell did I play football?" That's when I started to understand the medical side of marijuana and cannabis: to help with the pain. And also with a lot of the deep thoughts when lying in bed."

During his playing career, Plummer tried to avoid opioids and other painkillers. He distrusted opioids and hated the bloating and stomach discomfort that came from the steady stream of anti-inflammatories in his body. "Then I'd get off of them for the bye week and I could barely walk," he says.

After a former teammate introduced him to CBD Oil, he finally felt real relief. 

Now the retired father and husband works to promote awareness and raise money for Cannabis research through the Realm of Care (www.realmofcaring.org).