Johnny Walker used to take 7 CBD Pills a day, vows to stay away from Marijuana after devastating side effects

Johnny Walker used to take 7 CBD Pills a day, vows to stay away from Marijuana after devastating side effects

Walker accuses CBD and THC for his recent skid of losses

Johnny Walker has reconsidered his stance on the usage of marijuana and it’s subsidiaries due to his personal experience with the substance in recent years. At media day today he revealed that he had stayed off the substance for some time now.

Once Walker was considered to be among the next generation of fighters who would be a stable at the top of the light heavyweight division. In fact as he recently revealed, at a point in time, he was one victory away from getting a title shot against Jon Jones. However things fell apart as quickly as they seemed to come together.

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Johnny Walker was TKOd in his bout against Corey Anderson and since then has gone on to have a record of 1-3 with his only win coming over Ryan Spann, currently ranked #12 in the division. More notably he suffered from two vicious finishes with his most recent one against Jamahal Hill being particularly brutal.

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Johnny Walker used to take 5-7 CBD tablets every day for 3 Years

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Walker’s only win since Corey Anderson came against Ryan Spann

Now after suffering from such a skid, Walker wants to be back at the top of the division again. To this effect he shifted camps yet again, this time to Thailand in order to polish up his skills. He takes on Ion Cutelaba this weekend at UFC 279 and is expected to have a fun scrap with the intense light heavyweight fighter.

Walker had been a user of CBD for some time and at a recent media day scrum blamed the substance for his skid over the past few years. Walker said that the minute amounts of THC, (The chemical in marijuana that’s the cause for intoxication) in his CBD tablets would do a number on him. This was not helped by the fact that instead of the prescribed 1-2 tablets, Walker was intaking around 5 a day.

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“I have OCD, what do they call it? Hyper activity? ADHD, yes and that’s why the THC in the CBD f*** me up” said Walker describing his condition. “I was waking up late, showing up late for trainings and not putting in my all, I didn’t know it at the time because I was very drugged”, said Walker as he explained his reasoning to quit engaging in the substance.

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Fighters have been advocating for the use of marijuana and it’s sub-products as a tool for faster and cheaper recovery from their training injuries. It has found widespread acceptance among the combat community, especially in jujutsu where CBD use is often encouraged for healing. However, fans weren’t so generous with accepting this as an excuse.

Fans felt that Walker was blaming the recreational drug for his downfall when it was very much in his control.

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