Former NFL WR Percy Harvin says he got high before every game to combat anxiety
Channel: trend trend
Date: 02/10/2019

NFL  Percy Harvin says he got high before every game to combat anxiety.

Former NFL wide receiver Percy Harvin acknowledged he combated anxiety during his playing days by self-medicating with marijuana, saying that he played every game of his career while high.

There’s not a game – there’s not a game I played that I wasn’t high,” Harvin told Bleacher Report in a video published Wednesday. “And that’s what I kind of want the world to see today, is it’s not a stigma and people doing it and getting into a whole bunch of trouble. It’s just people that’s just living regular life that just got deficiencies or maybe just want to enjoy themselves. It’s a natural way to do so.”.

Harvin, however, was never suspended by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy, which includes marijuana on its banned substances list.

Harvin, now 31, played in the NFL eight seasons with stints with the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. He said he was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and that he suffered from bouts throughout his playing days.