A poster for the THC awareness campaign called The Tea on THC on a table at The University Club in Denver. More than a decade after marijuana was legalized in Colorado, researchers say they know a lot more about the risks associated with its use.
Now, in what they’re calling a first-of-its-kind campaign, the Tea on THC aims to inform people — like the young, those who are pregnant and parents — about those risks.
And the campaign has a high profile Colorado athlete getting the word out: former Denver Bronco wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, who said he struggled with cannabis addiction and later quit.
“Now we can start having a fact-based data-driven conversation about the risks of high concentration cannabis,” said Lloyd, who lives in Denver and played for seven NFL teams over 11 years, including the Broncos in 2009 through some of 2011. At a launch event in downtown Denver Tuesday, Lloyd said he used cannabis to cope with the stress of big-time NFL life, but later discovered he was hooked.
“It was tough to find the alternative coping mechanism other than substance abuse. So I think that was the biggest takeaway,” Lloyd said. He noted he wished at the time he was more open to “going out and taking a long walk or petting some puppies or finding some cute kittens or goats or something to play with would be a healthier alternative than substance abuse.”
In a video on the group’s website, posted on YouTube, Lloyd tells his story at length, noting he’s been completely cannabis free since 2020 and has never looked back.
Researchers have learned that frequent use of high concentration cannabis products may lead to cannabis use disorder — a form of substance use disorder. It can also trigger anxiety disorders and even psychosis and schizophrenia.
Colorado School of Public Health Professor Greg Tung said cannabis products have gotten much, much stronger. “It’s a fundamentally different substance. THC concentrations that users are exposed to are far beyond what was present in the past,” he said.
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