David Letterman talks about the time he got super stoned at a baseball game
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During an interview with NBA star Kevin Durant, legendary Late Night Show host David Letterman opened up about his experiences with marijuana. In a promotional clip for the new season of Letterman’s Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Durant, who is already in the cannabis industry, also shared his relationship with marijuana and his efforts to destigmatize it, particularly among athletes.
When asked by Letterman if he started smoking weed as a kid, an odd question, Durant said, “No, unless you want to call 22 a kid.”
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Letterman followed, wondering if Durant “smoked today.” To which Durant replied, “I’m really high right now.”
What about Letterman? Seemingly naïve at first, he told Durant about smoking a joint with his girlfriend before a Yankees-Angels game in the ’70s. Letterman said he was so stoned he couldn’t remember who won. As he sat in the stands, he was mesmerized by the pitcher’s “mound,” a clear sign that Letterman was stoned.
Laughing, he asked Durant if that meant he was smoking the wrong weed. “No, you smoked the right kind if you think about such things!”
Durant also shared more about his partnership with cannabis technology platform Weedmaps, owned by WM Holding Company, LLC, explaining how they are “trying to find ways to change the narrative around athletes and marijuana.”
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Durant’s efforts to destigmatize cannabis use among professional athletes, especially since the NBA still considers it a banned substance, could put the Brooklyn Nets’ 6ft 10 Star Center in an awkward position.
Although the NBA announced last year that it was changing its drug testing policy and would not indiscriminately test players for cannabis. Will the NBA further relax its cannabis-related policies?
Who knows. One thing is certain: many athletes are hoping and pushing for more sane cannabis policies.
This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been republished with permission.
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