After his battle with addiction, Lamar Odom announces plans to launch weed business. The ex-husband of reality star and businesswoman Khloé Kardashian hopes that his business will help people struggling with substance abuse.
Lamar’s Struggle With Drugs
In 2015, Lamar Odom experienced a highly-publicized overdose, which left him in a coma. Towards the end of his career, the former Los Angeles Lakers player spiraled into crack use. He wound up doing drugs and partying at a legal Nevada brothel, where authorities found him unconscious.
At the hospital, doctors diagnosed Odom with a stroke and brain damage. Someone inside the hospital informed E! News, “He was doing crack cocaine all weekend and he choked on his mucous. They’re now having to fix all the damage it has done.”
Despite grim predictions, Lamar Odom recovered and successfully completed rehab. Odom told US Weekly, “Coke is a real psychological drug. You can be getting high and feeling great and then on the way down cursing yourself out. […] I learned about addiction [in rehab] and that it’s a brain disease.”
Lamar Odom has been sober since his crack cocaine overdose.
Weed Helped Odom Get Off Cocaine
Odom has been open about using weed to overcome his cocaine addiction. Odom related to The Blast, “While going through rehab, I discovered certain strains that support wellness.”
This is far from the first instance of marijuana helping with addiction. New research shows that medical marijuana can help fight the opioid addiction by giving people access to non-addictive painkillers.
Additionally, healthcare experts are lauding marijuana as a direct treatment for addiction. A rehab center called High Sobriety opened last year in Venice Beach, California. They focus on treatment