lots of pills. >> since '96 when i blew my knee out, there wasn't a painkiller, muscle relaxer, anti-inflammatory, sleep aid, those four are staples in an athlete's regimen of medicine. >> it is the opoid, the painkiller, that i think people are really coming to terms with. >> yeah, because it is very easy for those to go there one to two to three. >> reporter: to more than a dozen a day. it became a near deadly addiction. >> i was completely hopeless. the side effects are very real. suicide, rage in my family. >> reporter: and raging on the football field. >> and turley throws the helmet. >> everybody talked about marijuana as this gateway drug and reality is this was my gateway to drugs. >> football was. >> yeah. >> he was hooked on opoids for