A career-ending injury during his rookie season with the Buffalo Bills, sent Dr. Hervé Damas, MD, MBA, searching for his identity again. The former NFL Linebacker, watched his mother battle breast cancer twice before taking her advice to go to medical school and find his inner fire again.

Before long, he would find that working in traditional medicine wasn't the end of his story. Dr. Damas is now the founder of Grassroots Wellness, where he acts as a medical practitioner, advocate and researcher on cannabis-based holistic medical treatment, working with a wide range of patients from other former NFL players to those recovering from addiction. He holds nothing back while showing us why his motto is, “I like playing life on the difficulty setting.”