Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180429:23:44:00
Something he calls a necessary medicine, marijuana. before pot, he used pills, lots of pills. >> since '96 when i blew my knee out, you know, it was a pain killer, a muscle relaxer, a sleep aid and anti-inflammatory. those four are staples in an athlete's regimen of medicines. >> it's the opiate and the pain killer that people are real coming to terms with. >> yeah. because it's very easy for those to go from one to two to three. >> to more than a dozen a day. it became a near deadly addiction. >> i was completely hopeless. the side effects are very real. suicide is a constant thought, and i'm...