Sports Medicine Potentially
Helping Drive Cannabis Acceptance
Sports medicine is a field that is
becoming a center point for cannabis research, and at the same time, although
more than likely unintentional, a driver in bringing medical cannabis into the
mainstream. Athletes have long been in the spotlight for violating the zero
tolerance cannabis rules in college and professional sports leagues, but there
soon may come a time when cannabis is accepted as a medicine in sports.
Constance Therapeutics, which makes whole
plant cannabis extracts, has decided to partner with a sports medicine group
called Grit Iron Cannabis Coalition. The research is being done to judge the efficacy
of replacing widely prescribed and addictive opiates with medical cannabis.
This study sets out to be unique when taking into account the entourage effect
of cannabis. The entourage effect is the interaction of all the cannabanoids in
cannabis, not just more widely used legal CBD extracts. Constance Finley, CEO
of Constance Therapeutics, says in a release “After cycling through several
prescription drugs with the hope of finding relief from my rare autoimmune
disease, I reluctantly tried medical cannabis, This ended up being the decision
that would save my life, and it led me to develop my own cannabis extracts and
form Constance Therapeutics. It is now my mission to help others seeking
alternatives to what are often highly addictive pharmaceuticals.”
As athletes
begin to use medical cannabis to treat their sports related injuries, cannabis
will slowly and steadily become more accepted in our society. These societal shifts
have been a key driver in the past to changing stigmas related to other once illegal
topics that are now legal.
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