Former NFL players Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims have partnered with Harvard University to research the effects of medical marijuana on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to Michael Rothstein of ESPN.
"We can be in position to develop a treatment for CTE," Sims said. "There's been suggestion that CBD [cannabidiol] and stuff can help cognitive disease, and we think that potentially there could be a treatment going forward that we can produce."
Johnson and Sims opened up a marijuana dispensary in Michigan called Primitive after getting approval in February.