{"id":27226,"date":"2019-04-04T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triathlonmagazine.ca\/?p=27226"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:02:38","slug":"is-cannabis-the-next-recovery-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triathlonmagazine.ca\/feature\/is-cannabis-the-next-recovery-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Is cannabis the next recovery secret?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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— by Sean Mackinnon<\/p>\n

Recently disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis started a new company, Floyd\u2019s of Leadville, which is distributing cannabis products. Some of my cycling buddies started to wonder how beneficial these recovery products might be. Since Canada legalized recreational marijuana in the fall of 2018, it got me wondering if it might soon become a useful tool for cyclists and triathletes in the never-ending search for a competitive edge.<\/p>\n

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All this isn\u2019t exactly new. In January 2017, Cannabidiol (CBD) was removed from the World Anti Doping Agency\u2019s (WADA) prohibited list. Both tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and CBD, the two main compounds that make up marijuana, are no longer tested for during out of competition tests, leaving athletes the choice to use their own discretion when they are not competing. In 2013, WADA raised the THC testing threshold from 15ng\/ml to 150ng\/ml in competition, which helped decrease the chance of athletes testing positive because of the long half-life of THC, which is still part of in-competition tests.<\/p>\n

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