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And so, you know, I was versatile and I was big, strong, NBA ready.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And I played a high IQ game and I was very unselfish, past first guy and tough, gritty.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
So people said I was ready to play right away, which kind of boosts you up that mock draft status.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
But there were questions and concerns about my anxiety.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Like, is anxiety a character issue or a medical issue?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Well, those are questions that the NBA owners and GMs had to kind of sort through that year.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And the media was very interested in this.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Like, well, how do people view mental health now in the NBA, but in society?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
So my story became like a microcosm of the mental health conversation in society.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And when I got drafted, you know, I had a dispute with the NBA about policy.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And for example, like they have a banned substance list on the banned substance list was a
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
anti-anxiety medication that I was prescribed, Xanax.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Xanax, very popular anti-anxiety medication, one of the most prescribed in the world.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Yeah, I used to be on it.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Yeah, a lot of people, right?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Jordan Peterson had trouble with benzodiazepines.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
And benzodiazepines is a class of the drug, right?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan, right?
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
So anyway, so I went to the NBA and I'm like, okay, you got this banned substance list, I'm prescribed this drug.
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Why Royce White Says No U.S. Senator Would Turn Down $250 Million | DSH #1628
you know what's up here how are we doing this and they were like well no it's fine you know you're prescribed by a doctor this is a drug for people who are taking it illicitly like they're getting off the street i'm like no no i understand that but i'm asking how do you guys view me being on this drug is this considered a liability uh you know to the nba community or are are