Florida Cannabis Ballot: NFL’s Ricky Williams Backs Legalization, New Ad ‘Hypocrisy Of Alcohol Vs. Marijuana’
NFL Hall of Fame nominee, cannabis entrepreneur and former running back for the Miami Dolphins Ricky Williams has come out in support of Florida’s Amendment 3, which will go before voters in the upcoming November elections.
“I know firsthand the ostracizing and debilitating effects the criminalization of cannabis can have,” Williams said in a statement, published by Florida Politics.
“I want to pay my experiences forward, end the unjust criminalization and prejudice over cannabis, and bring Florida to the same level of freedom that over half of the country already enjoys,” Williams said. “We can accomplish this by voting ‘Yes’ on 3 this November.”
Williams, who played for 11 seasons in the NFL, retired from the Miami Dolphins for a year after being suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He returned the …