After taking gradual steps over the last two years, the NCAA is on the cusp of sweeping changes to its policies on cannabis use by its athletes, including removing it from a list of band substances. In a session at the NCAA Convention Thursday, a group…
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Breaking Through The Haze: NCAA Softens Stance On Cannabis, Considers Removing From Banned List
After taking gradual steps over the last two years, the NCAA is on the cusp of sweeping changes to its policies on cannabis use by its athletes, including removing it from a list of band substances. In a session at the NCAA Convention Thursday, a group…
US Long Jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall Stripped Of National Title, Suspended A Month After Positive Cannabis Test
Davis-Woodhall’s sample was collected during the 2023 USA Track and Field indoor championships. U.S. long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall has been stripped of the national indoor title she earned in February after testing positive for THC, the main psychoac…
UFC Veteran Elias Theodorou Is The World’s First Cannabis Sanctioned Pro Athlete
Like most athletes, Elias Theodorou likes being first. In 2014, the mixed martial artist known as ‘The Spartan’ became the first Canadian to win The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC’s reality TV competition. Last year, his list of feats grew again when he bec…
How Al Harrington Is Helping Build a Black-Owned Weed Industry
“We’re pioneering something,” says the former NBA star and founder of Viola cannabis, who says he wants to create 100 Black millionaires by funding new businesses. At the end of 2011, Al Harrington’s 79-year-old grandmother Viola came to visit. When th…
Soccer Superstar Megan Rapinoe Talks Cannabis, Feminism: ‘Everyone Needs A Seat At The Table’
Soccer Superstar Megan Rapinoe Talks Cannabis, Feminism: ‘Everyone Needs A Seat At The Table’
Being no stranger to advocacy and controversy, Megan took another bold step in 2019, getting involved with cannabis company Mendi.
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Former Baseball Star Andruw Jones The Latest Athlete To Step Into The Cannabis Sector
Fytiko Farms plans to produce cannabis oil with low doses of THC for medical patients in Georgia. Five-time Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Andruw Jones is now the co-owner of a cannabis company, per the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Fytiko Farms, w…
Super Bowl Champ Marshawn Lynch Launches Line Of ‘Diamond Concentrate Infused’ Blunts With Assist From Toronto Company
The blunts contain THCA crystalline ‘diamonds,’ a cannabis concentrate. Marshawn Lynch’s latest venture is ‘Dodi Blunts,’ a new line of cannabis products that will be available in Oakland next month. Packed in slow-burning palm leaf wraps, the blunts a…
David Beckham Buys Stake In Firm That Uses Cannabis In Its Skincare Products
The ex-England skipper, 45, has bought a stake in Cellular Goods as it looks to float on the stock market. His mate David Gardner — who oversees Beckham’s businesses and investments via DB Ventures — has joined the firm’s board as non-executive directo…
UFC Won’t Punish Fighters For Cannabis Use In Policy Change
The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases, making a major change to its anti-doping policy. The world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion confirmed Thursday that it will no longer worry about positive tests for carboxy…