‘A lot of healing went on’: Aaron Rodgers says ayahuasca helped NFL career

• Reigning NFL MVP took series of trips to Peru during offseasons
• League says quarterback will not face discipline over drug use

The NFL says Aaron Rodgers will not face any penalties for a series of ayahuasca trips he took in the 2020 and 2022 offseasons.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback took the hallucinogen during two separate retreats in Peru. Many ayahuasca users say the drug helps with personal insight and growth. The drug's psychoactive component, DMT, is illegal in the US but NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said on Monday that it wouldn't trigger a positive test result on the league's substance abuse policy. The same day Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked if he was concerned that Rodgers could face a suspension. I really haven't given it much thought at all," he replied.