Barkley Comes Clean:

Charles Barkley admitted to Fox Sports Radio that he smoked marijuana during his NBA playing days. Barkley, the outspoken broadcaster for TNT, was a guest on "The Drive with Chris Myers and guest-host Ben Maller."

Barkley – “I’m assuming that some guys smoke pot and it wouldn’t surprise me if some guys are doing coke. But in my 16 years, a couple of guys, myself included smoked some pot. But I never saw cocaine. I smoked pot with a couple of guys who were my friends. I’m pretty sure that a couple of other guys were doing it.

Chris Myers – “Did you say that you smoked pot?”

Barkley – “Yeah.”

Chris Myers – “When you were playing?”

Barkley – “Yeah, a couple of times.”

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Posted by Lawren at March 2, 2005 06:34 AM

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Does he think any of us care? So he smoked a little pot...big woop.

Says: Nanc' at March 2, 2005 08:16 AM

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Yeah, I wasn't too surprised either. I just think it's odd he decided to talk about it, all of the sudden.

Says: Lawren at March 2, 2005 08:31 AM

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So Sir Charles partook in the benign herb, so what? I once heard an estimate that 50% of NBA players regularly imbibe a little chronic. It seems it relieves the pain from having your hair twisted into cornrows.

Says: at March 2, 2005 01:46 PM

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This is why I laugh out loud when one of my co-workers refers to pot as "hippie lettuce."

It's like he gets all his catch-phrases from a Barry Goldwater Talking Points primer.

Says: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at March 2, 2005 10:28 PM

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