Former NBA guard Craig Hodges discusses time with Bulls, marijuana use | Here Weed Go! podcast | Podcasts

In the latest episode of the Here Weed Go! podcast, host Eddie Celaya of the Arizona Daily Star is joined by four-time NBA champion and cannabis advocate Craig Hodges.

Hodges, the subject of an upcoming documentary about his life, advocacy and social justice work, was one of the NBAs first true 3-point shooters, winning the league’s 3-point contest three years in a row, a feat matched only by Larry Bird.

He still boats the single best round ever recorded in the contest, hitting 25 of a possible 30 shots.

For the first part of our discussion, Celaya talks with Hodges about his time growing up near Chicago, his history with cannabis and his college and professional basketball career.

Eventually, they touch on Hodges’ time at Long Beach State under legendary coach Tex Winters, the approach to cannabis in the late 1970s and early ’80s by the NCAA and NBA, and his now infamous trip with the Chicago Bulls to the White House after their second championship in 1991.

Please note the podcast contains some explicit language. 

The Here Weed Go! podcast aims to educate the unfamiliar about the culture of cannabis and the expansion of medical and recreational use law across the country.