Steve Kerr's admission that he turned to marijuana in dealing with chronic pain following back surgery last year has sparked conversation around the NBA.
Kerr, the 51-year-old Warriors head coach, said he used marijuana twice in the past year. He began last season on a leave of absence following back surgery. He said that “pot is better for your body than Vicodin,” noting that athletes are given such prescription pain killers “like it's Vitamin C, like it's no big deal.”
On Wednesday, Thunder coach Billy Donovan was asked about Kerr's comments, and though he said he knew “what Steve was going through” and that he was “in a lot of pain,” Donovan stopped short of the kind of endorsement Kerr made for medicinal marijuana.