U.S. track and field phenom Sha’Carri Richardson may not be able to represent her country at the Olympic Games in Tokyo later this month after failing a drug test for THC metabolites. The positive test result was announced on Friday by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which added that Richardson has accepted a one-month suspension for the rule violation.Continue Reading
Sha’Carri Richardson is the latest athlete punished for cannabis use. Her Olympic run should not be at stake. The post Sha’Carri Richardson doesn’t need to apologize for smoking weed appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Sha’Carri Richardson doesn’t need to apologize for smoking weedContinue Reading
The White House on Friday declined to condemn a U.S. Olympics panel for suspending a famed sprinter over a positive test for marijuana, adding another level of frustration for advocates who have sharply criticized the administration for firing its own staffers over cannabis use. Sha’Carri Richardson, known as the fastestContinue Reading
The Rhode Island legislature on Thursday sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would establish a safe consumption site pilot program where people could test and use currently illicit drugs in a medically supervised environment. If signed into law, the state would be the first in the country toContinue Reading
Three U.S. senators are imploring the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reopen a case for a military veteran who was deported over a marijuana conviction. In a letter sent to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, the senators said that the deportation by Immigration and Customs EnforcementContinue Reading
Marijuana legalization is an increasingly popular issue among the American public—but in Congress the two major parties are still largely divided when it comes to cannabis. At a recent House committee hearing, however, a witness proposed a unique solution to partisan bickering: ideologically opposed members should bond with one anotherContinue Reading
For the third year in a row, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is again recognizing that people are increasingly using CBD for pets who get anxiety from fireworks around the Fourth of July. And again, the agency is admitting that it has yet to evaluate the actual efficacy ofContinue Reading
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