The NFL dealt with Favre's addiction by sending him to a treatment facility in Topeka, Kansas. Other players have been ordered to get that kind of help as well but not all of them. Eben Britton's story makes me wonder how many NFL players fail drug tests because of prescription medications. He needed Adderall and had been taking it since childhood. It is scary to think NFL players are not allowed to get treatment they need for certain lifelong disorders.

 

The real eye opener here is Britton took two drugs for the same problem. I would be shocked if any doctor allowed that for ADHD. How the habit started - lack of awareness about taking both Adderall and Ritalin - was a mistake many people, not just those with mental health issues, make every day. There clearly is more to the story than needing something to relieve pain and prolong a playing career.

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