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Sports and Pot: Exploring the Role of Cannabis in Athletic Recovery - Cannabis News
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Athletes are increasingly turning to cannabis to improve recovery time and achieve better results.
Golfers and rugby players show cannabis is going mainstream in sport - Cannabis News
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Top golfers take CBD for calmness, while Saracens locks George Kruis and Dominic Day were so impressed with it they launched their own business.
Former Red Wing Darren McCarty joins marijuana company, says pot saved his life - Cannabis News
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Since becoming a leading voice on marijuana, claiming the plant saved his life from certain death because of alcoholism and drug addiction, he hopes to translate his athletic success to the cannabis industry.
Colorado Researchers Study Cannabis and Athletes
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A group of Colorado researchers recently studied how cannabis use affects athletes, and found a possible role between the plant and pain management.
Former MLB All-Star Shane Victorino Talks Plans To Give Back To Hawaii Through New Cannabis Venture
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Scores of athletes have entered the cannabis space in recent years. A few notable names include former Heisman winner Ricky Williams, pro golfer Bubba Watson and NBA great Gary Payton.
Putt, Putt, Pass: A Day of Golf at the World’s First Weed Course - Cannabis News
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The owners of Rolling Greens, Canada's first cannabis-friendly golf course, say they’re aiming to bring the fun back — but to golf, or weed? 
The First Pro Golfer to Get A Cannabis Suspension Says PGA Tour Needs to Change Pot Policies - Cannabis News
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Robert Garrigus is back on the green after becoming the first golfer to be suspended from the PGA Tour for cannabis. Now he's fighting the Tour's drug policies.
Japan Warns Athletes Not to Use Cannabis at the Tokyo Olympics - Cannabis News
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Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics want foreign athletes to know that they will be punished if they try to bring cannabis to, or use cannabis in, Japan.
NBA Commissioner On Basketball Players Using Marijuana: ‘It’s A Complicated Issue’ - Cannabis News
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Thanks in part to the NFL’s announcement it would study cannabis as a pain management tool, the intersection of marijuana and professional sports has entered the mainstream as of late.
Athletes ask doping agency to take marijuana off banned list - Cannabis News
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More than 150 current and former athletes signed a letter sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency, asking the organization to remove marijuana from its list of prohibited substances.
NFL, NFLPA will reportedly study marijuana as potential pain-management tool for players - Cannabis News
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With talks of a new collective bargaining agreement underway, the NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to form two new joint medical committees, partly to study marijuana as a potential pain-management tool for NFL players.
NFL and marijuana: Players hope for change in punishing policy - Cannabis News
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“For too long, I’ve watched my teammates and good friends battle with opioid addiction and leave the game with a long road still ahead; it’s time to make a change.”
The new ‘runner’s high’? 80% of cannabis users mix weed, workouts - Cannabis News
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Eight out of 10 marijuana users in states where cannabis is legal say they partake in the drug shortly before or after exercise, and most report that it motivates them to work out, helps them enjoy exercise more and improves their recovery, according to surprising new CU Boulder research.
How some athletes use marijuana get into the zone - Cannabis News
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A THC high is widely considered similar to that of the "runner's high" that long-distance runners feel well into their sets. 
Keeping Score: Major League Sports’ Stance on Cannabis - Cannabis News
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When players from the Stanley Cup winning team skate off the ice after their final game in June, they will head to the dressing room and, in keeping with tradition, they will uncork bottles of champagne. In seasons to come, players might be smoking weed to celebrate their success.
Cannabis doesn't make you a lazy pothead, in fact, it might actually motivate you to workout: study - Cannabis News
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A new study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Public Health has found that consuming cannabis may help motivate users to exercise and improve their workouts.

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