Former NFL WR Percy Harvin said he used to get high before every game

Ex-NFL wide receiver Pery Harvin admitted that he used marijuana to get high before every game of his career to combat anxiety.

Harvin told Bleacher Report yesterday in a video that “There’s not a game – there’s not a game I played that I wasn’t high, and that’s what I kind of want the world to see today, is it’s not a stigma and people doing it and getting into a whole bunch of trouble. It’s just people that’s just living regular life that just got deficiencies or maybe just want to enjoy themselves. It’s a natural way to do so.”

One of the speediest receivers in the league was never suspended for violating the NFL’s policy of substance abuse.

Percy had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that he had throughout his career. He played total of eight seasons in the NFL with the Vikings, Seahawks, Jets, and Bills.

In 2013 when he was traded to the Seahawks (to eventually win a Super Bowl) Harvin said “Those was probably the worst years of my life, just cause it came with so much. My anxiety is at its worst when I go into unfamiliar situations.”

Harvin said that when he was diagnosed, he “didn’t acknowledge it.” He started to notice the disorder when he would start sweating during press conferences. He then told BR “The only thing that really seemed to work is when I would smoke marijuana.”