{"id":43297,"date":"2012-10-22T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T23:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=43297"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:29:51","slug":"matt-riddle-explains-and-defends-his-use-of-medical-marijuana-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/matt-riddle-explains-and-defends-his-use-of-medical-marijuana-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Riddle Explains And Defends His Use Of Medical Marijuana | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/matt-riddle-new-site.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/matt-riddle-new-site.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"matt-riddle new site\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/matt-riddle-new-site.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/matt-riddle-new-site-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/matt-riddle-new-site-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I do smoke but I&#8217;m not smoking to get stoned. I&#8217;m smoking so I can finally relax, sit back and just not worry about things. People, maybe they did it in college one way, but for a guy like me, for a professional athlete that goes through what we go through, it&#8217;s medicine for me. Maybe for some little stoner sitting on the couch playing XBox, for him, it&#8217;s a drug. 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