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Noting that cannabis isn't a performance-enhancing drug, the release added that the recommendation is part of an "effort to recenter student-athlete health while recognizing membership opinions ...
Cannabis products will no longer be a banned drug for Division I athletes in championships, the NCAA announced on Tuesday, saying it will instead treat marijuana like alcohol. The Division I ...
The NCAA’s changes come after the World Anti-Doping Agency said it would review its rules regarding marijuana in September 2021, and states across the country have legalized marijuana for ...
A medical review found that "cannabis consumption was found to be highest among athletes seeking the high risk and excitement of competing in extreme sports", listing skateboarding as a specific example. [1] The first cannabis related suspension for skateboarding occurred in 2019, of a competitor in run-ups to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [166]
Logo of the NCAA. In the United States the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), has since the 1970s been patrolling the usage of illegal drugs and substances for student-athletes attending universities and colleges. In 1999, NCAA Drug Committee published a list containing substances banned for the usage to student-athletes.
The first petition under this process was filed in 1972 to allow cannabis to be legally prescribed by physicians. The petition was ultimately denied after 22 years of court challenges, but a synthetic pill form of cannabis's psychoactive ingredient, THC, was rescheduled in 1986 to allow prescription under schedule II. [4]
An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization's list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances. The proposal ...
The 2014–15 list of NCAA banned drugs includes the following classes: stimulants (except for phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine, which are permitted); anabolic agents; diuretics and other masking agents; "street drugs" (the NCAA gives as examples heroin, marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and synthetic cannabinoids); peptide hormones and analogues; anti-estrogens, and beta-2 agonists. [4]