Matt Riddle Uses Marijuana For Medical Reasons

During an interview on The MMA Hour (@MMAFighting.com), Riddle explained the positive result, explaining that he has a medical reason for using marijuana, even going so far as to post his medical marijuana card for the State of Nevada on Twitter (@riddletuf7) this past weekend.

“The thing is, I’ve quit 12 days out before and didn’t have a problem,” he told host Ariel Helwani. “To be honest, this drug tester tested me right after the fight. I was super-dehydrated. My pee was brown. It was the pure essence of Matt Riddle. They got the concentrated Matt Riddle in a cup, and I popped.”

Riddle said that he is not addicted to marijuana, and suggested that he was using it for a variety of medical reasons, including anti-anxiety and physical pain.
“I do smoke but I’m not smoking to get stoned,” he said. “I’m smoking so I can finally relax, sit back and just not worry about things. People, maybe they did it in college one way, but for a guy like me, for a professional athlete that goes through what we go through, it’s medicine for me. Maybe for some little stoner sitting on the couch playing XBox, for him, it’s a drug. For me, it’s medicine.”