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The NBC News report mentioned the NFL's recent move to hire a new Chief Medical Officer to handle sports-related concussions and traumatic brain injury, and also a new committee appointed by the NFL Players Association to evaluate the potential for cannabis and marijuana to alleviate pain from sports-related injuries.
"These cannabinoids actually act as a second football helmet that is always with you," the NBC 7 report quoted Dr. Titus as saying. "There has been some great research out of UCLA Medical Center of Torrance , they looked at 450 young adults who unfortunately were in traumatic brain injury situations; and of the ones who were in these traumatic brain injury situations, the ones who were regular cannabis users were 80 percent more likely to survive a traumatic brain injury -- and this is presumably because they had this 'second football helmet' effect with them at all times."
[ SEE ALSO: The American Surgeon | National Institutes of Health (NIH) ]
Other facts about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (or CTE):
- A recent study shows that 96% of former NFL players tested positive for CTE
- The Concussion Foundation shows that 91% of ex-college football players have CTE
- Nearly 4 million suffer concussions as a result of sports and recreational activities each year
- CTE has been linked to dementia, depression and suicide; and
- There is currently no effective treatment for CTE
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