marijuana activists on one side advertising weed is something that is safer than both alcohol and football, and anti-pot groups on the other side proclaiming weed kills motivation. joining me now is a man who knows about both weed and motivation, former denver broncos tight end nate jackson, who argues in support of marijuana use in the nfl in his new memoir "slow getting up." thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i hope you don't take offense at our proclamation that you are a weed enthusiast. i'll quote from your memoir. "the nfl should remove marijuana from their banned substances list. don't tell anyone about it. just stop testing for it. pain is a big problem in the nfl." why is marijuana, for example, better than pills on the question of pain? >> for me personally it's not as addictive. pain pills, i had some injuries over my career that were pretty bad and required surgery and a lot of rehab and pain pills made