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Marijuana remains on WADA's "prohibited list," even as U.S. states decriminalize it and major American sports leagues no longer punish users. Sha'Carri Richardson: Why is marijuana banned at Olympics?
The NBA has removed marijuana from its list of banned substances, as has Major League Baseball. Earlier this summer, the NCAA announced it will no longer test Division I athletes for cannabis ...
Richardson's Olympic ban prompted calls from as high as the White House to review rules banning cannabis use for international athletes.
A pamphlet produced by the United States Department of Justice in the 1990s for youth sports coaches admonished them to "Explain that marijuana is illegal and that the athlete can be arrested or suspended from school and sports for using it", [35] and listed several deleterious physical and psychological effects of marijuana including ...
The following are banned for in-competition use only, with the exception of cannabidiol (CBD) which is not banned for any use. [2] In 2013, the level of THC metabolite allowed was changed from 15 ng/mL to 150 ng/mL so as to only detect in-competition use. [11] [7]: 7 In cannabis (hashish, marijuana) and cannabis products
Doping at the Olympic Games refers to the use of prohibited performance-enhancing substances and methods by athletes competing in the Games. Throughout the history of the modern Olympics, doping has been a persistent and controversial issue, raising concerns about fair play, athlete health, and the integrity of sport.
Kamila Valieva was cleared to compete after a failed drug test, while other athletes, like Sha'Carri Richardson, were barred from the Games.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.