Cannabis In Sports

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Cannabis In Sports
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• Now that Canada and many US states have legalized
  cannabis, dozens of our professional sports teams
  now live in jurisdictions where recreational
  cannabis use is legal. Some would argue that
  since cannabis can make it difficult to focus and
  reduce coordination, it would hinder athletes
  performance rather than enhance it. However, not
  every cannabis user experiences those effects to
  the same degree, and cannabis can also reduce
  anxiety, which can be useful in high-pressure
  environments. Rather than using cannabis to boost
  performance during an event, though, most
  420-friendly athletes use it during recovery.

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How Cannabis Speeds Recovery

• To compete in any sport at the highest levels,
  athletes need to push their bodies extremely
  hard. Injuries minor ones, at the very least
  are almost inevitable. Cannabis is a
  powerful anti-inflammatory, which means it can
  help with common injuries like over-strained
  muscles and sprained ankles. It also reduces the
  duration of post-workout muscle soreness, which
  could help athletes spend more time training
  productively and less time recovering. 

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How Cannabis Speeds Recovery

• For athletes who need to maintain a certain
  calorie intake but struggle to eat enough,
  cannabis can help by stimulating their appetites.
  Athletes may also use cannabis for better sleep.
  Interestingly, studies have shown that male
  athletes are more likely to use cannabis than
  female athletes, and there is a
  strong positive correlation between number of
  training hours and frequency of cannabis use.
• Its also important to note that a majority of
  cannabis use among athletes may be completely
  unrelated to their performance. One
  study found that recreational use was eight times
  more prevalent among athletes than use for
  performance-enhancing purposes.

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Which Sports Allow Cannabis Use?

• Unfortunately, just because cannabis is legal in
  an athletes state or province doesnt mean they
  can use cannabis without repercussions. Beyond
  actual laws, sport bodies also have their own
  rules that govern athletes behavior. The World
  Anti-Doping Agency currently includes cannabis on
  its Prohibited List, as it considers cannabis to
  be a performance-enhancing drug. Specific sports
  rules are

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Which Sports Allow Cannabis Use?

• Lacrosse cannabis use is prohibited.
• Football the CFLs drug-testing policy has never
  included cannabis.
• Hockey cannabis use is allowed by the NHL, and
  testing positive for cannabis during one of the
  random drug tests is not grounds for fines or
  suspensions. 
• NBA the NBA forbids cannabis use officially.
  However, tests are infrequent and it
  is speculated that up to 80 of NBA players use
  cannabis anyway. 
• NFL like the NBA, the NFL forbids cannabis use,
  but doesnt test frequently.
• MLB in Major League Baseball, drug tests are
  only conducted if there is probably cause. For
  this reason, players almost never incur penalties
  for cannabis use, and use is probably much more
  common than is reported.

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• Based on the relaxed anti-weed policies held by
  many of these sport bodies and the correlation
  between time spent training and frequency of
  cannabis use by athletes, it seems like both
  athletes and regulators are arriving at the same
  conclusion that cannabis may be a useful
  recovery supplement, but should not be classified
  as a performance-enhancing drug. Over time,
  cannabis use bans will probably relax or
  dissolve.

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