Former NFL star Jamal Anderson was recently arrested for drug possession at a Atlanta bar. When I read the headline on the Internet, I said "COME ON MAN!" Last week while I was in Las Vegas, I was watching ESPN in my hotel room and Jamal was on TV. I thought to myself, "that's cool, he has a cool job, I'm happy for him." Let me be the first to say, never believe everything you read. I have seen people get accused of something and a few weeks later we find out that the story was different than first reported. Many of my teammates(WVU, Titans, Bengals) over the years have been involved in situations where they were on the wrong side of the law. So I will say Jamal is innocent until proven guilty.
There are a few things in this police report that upsets me. They said that Jamal had a rolled up joint in his pocket. I get that people are going to smoke weed. And you know what? If you decided to do that, go right ahead. I'm not judging anyone, but why bring it out of the house with you, to a nightclub? Why drive around with it in your car? I never understood that. And then the report says he had cocaine on him. That's what really got me disappointed. Cocaine is something I will never understand. Why throw that into the mix? Can you not have a good enough time on the weed and alcohol? Like I said, I'm not judging Jamal or anyone else in that matter, but I think it's reckless and silly to do that. And I say this knowing that I come from a household in North Philadelphia that was full of drugs. My mother was addicted to crack, my step-father was addicted to crack, my aunts and uncles were on heroin. It was nothing for me to find drug needles around my home. The only people in my house that weren't addicted to drugs was me and my grandmother. I still loved my family even though they were using but I never understood it. Like I said, I'm not judging, I just don't understand it.
Jamal is a retired NFL player. He is a very likeable guy. He made lot of money. He has(had) a nice job working for ESPN. So why screw it up? We all make bad decisions in life, and I have made plenty. So I hope this story ends up being false.
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