Editing Jake Plummer (section)

==Medical cannabis advocacy==
{{See also|Cannabis and sports}}
Plummer uses [[cannabidiol]] (CBD) to treat the pain, inflammation, and headaches that he has experienced as a result of his years playing football.<ref name="SI CBD">{{cite magazine|last1=Plummer|first1=Jake|title=Jake Plummer's Plan to Alleviate Pain for Players|url=https://www.si.com/mmqb/2016/07/03/jake-plummer-monday-morning-qb-pat-tillman-cannabinoids-pain-nfl|access-date=February 19, 2018|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> He says that his condition improved so much after he started taking CBD that he considered a return to the NFL, almost a decade after retiring.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jake Plummer pushes NFL to research possible marijuana benefits|url=https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/jake-plummer-denver-broncos-marijuana-cbd-oil-benefits-cte-concussions-031616|access-date=February 19, 2018|work=Fox Sports|date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519210615/https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/jake-plummer-denver-broncos-marijuana-cbd-oil-benefits-cte-concussions-031616|archive-date=May 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has served as a spokesperson for CW Botanicals, a company which manufactures CBD products.<ref name="SI CBD" /> He has also helped raise funds for [[cannabinoid]] research.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jhabvala|first1=Nicki|title=Jake Plummer, Realm of Caring team up for another Broncos game-day experience to benefit cannabinoid research|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/26/jake-plummer-realm-of-caring-cannabinoid-research/|access-date=February 18, 2018|work=The Denver Post|date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In November 2016, Plummer was one of the signatories of an [[open letter]] addressed to the NFL, urging a change in the league's policy towards [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jhabvala|first1=Nicki|title=Players, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation pen letter to NFL urging policy reform|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/11/players-doctors-for-cannabis-regulation-pen-letter-nfl/|access-date=February 18, 2018|work=The Denver Post|date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> [[Doctors for Cannabis Regulation]] wrote the letter and it was signed by several NFL players.<ref>{{citation |title=An Open Letter to the National Football League |url=https://dfcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NFL-open-letter.pdf |publisher=Doctors for Cannabis Regulation |date=November 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113230751/https://dfcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NFL-open-letter.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  He is also a member of the Doctors for Cannabis Regulation NFL steering committee.<ref>{{cite web |title=NFL Campaign |url=https://dfcr.org/nfl-campaign/ |website=Doctors for Cannabis Regulation |access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028061541/https://dfcr.org/nfl-campaign/ |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>