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Tanner Hall is the first professional sportsman to be sponsored by a cannabis brand. The brand of cannabis accessories Black Rock Originals has indeed decided to sponsor this professional skier, in order to break the image of idler often associated with lovers of the cannabis plant. By choosing Tanner Hall, we can say that the brand made the right choice! Tanner is an athlete who has scored his sport since he is the only male athlete to win 7 medals during the X Games, he is one of the most influential freestyle skiers of his generation. Like many athletes, Tanner Hall has suffered severe injuries during his high-level athletic career: two-ankle fractures, tibial plateau fractures, and cruciate ligament rupture on both knees, among others … Rather than resorting to analgesics Tanner has decided to treat with the analgesic characteristics of cannabinoids and has never hidden his cannabis use.

Still in board sports, Canada’s Ross Rebagliati is a strong advocate of the use of cannabis to improve performance in the sport. Ross won a gold medal in 1998 at the Nagano Olympics in the giant slalom category. He unfortunately almost lost his medal after a positive cannabis control, but the plant was not yet on the list of banned substances during the practice of a sport, he was finally able to keep his title. Ross consumes cannabis mainly to find the appetite, but also to improve concentration during physical exertion.

Ross’s career has suffered greatly from this media exposure centered on his love of cannabis, he was unfortunately unable to participate in the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 and his career as a top professional was therefore severely compromised. This experience led him to create his own cannabis brand, Ross Gold, which sells bong type glass accessories, and CBD products such as spray cartridges or tea. He also plans to distribute cannabis soon in dispensaries in the United States and Canada.

The NBA also has its share of positive cannabis checks during doping tests. As we have said, cannabis is a great way to limit inflammation and relieve muscle pain, so professional basketball players find valuable help in medical cannabis to keep up with the season while staying out of the way conventional treatments. According to Jay Williams, a former Chicago Bulls player, 75% to 80% of NBA gamers will consume cannabis, and at the same time denounce the ease with which doctors prescribe painkillers with highly addictive powers. risk of overdose.

In the same discipline, Cliff Robinson, allies Uncle Spliffy, a former Trailblazers player and a real star in Portland, has become the spokesperson for the legalization of cannabis in sport. It recently formalized the first brand of Cannabis thought for athletes during the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas.

On the side of the UFC, the fighter Nick Diaz made the headlines sports newspapers across the Atlantic after his positive control of cannabis. Diaz takes advantage of California’s medical cannabis law to treat attention disorders and hyperactivity through the effects of cannabinoids on dopamine. Tested positive for cannabis during an anti-doping test before his match against Anderson Silva, he was sanctioned with a 5-year suspension and a $ 165,000 fine. A decisive penalty for the career of an athlete, even if the suspension was finally reduced to 18 months. For comparison, his opponent Anderson Silva was tested positive for steroids and was only suspended for 12 months.

Many NFL players ask permission to use cannabis in their sport. American football is a very physical sport in which there are many violent physical contacts that can lead to serious bodily trauma. Cannabis is therefore a plant that is perfectly adapted to the physical problems that can be suffered by practitioners of this discipline, thanks to the anti-inflammatory properties of cannabinoids. According to some NFL managers, more than 50% of American football players use cannabis.

Ricky Williams, a former Dolphins player, was one of the NFL athletes featured at the 2016 California High Times SoCal Medical Cannabis Cup. Various NFL players have come together to encourage their NFL comrades to use cannabis as painkillers.