Is marijuana the cure to our opioid crisis? Studies say “yes”

#thegem-divider-6520bdff29074 {margin-top: 27px !important;} Rooted in the over-prescription of high dose painkillers and carried on by the contamination of illicit drugs with fentanyl and similar drugs, opioid addiction and overdoses have reached a critical point. With almost one in five Canadians relying on living with some form of chronic pain or illness, it is not surprising that opioid addiction is has become an epidemic. When they were first marketed over twenty years ago, they were marked as “safe” and “effective”, but we now know that these drugs […]

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Breaking Down the Cannabis Policies of Every Major North American Sports League

As more US states legalize cannabis for medicinal and recreational use, many major North American professional sports leagues are adapting to the changing times. Are your favorite athletes allowed to consume cannabis? From Boardroom, here’s a quick breakdown of different leagues’ stances. NBA Under the new seven-year collective bargaining agreement signed this year, NBA players will no longer be tested for cannabis. While testing was paused since the 2019 – 2020 COVID-19 season, cannabis has been removed from the league’s anti-drug testing program. NFL Cannabis is still a banned substance in the NFL for two reasons: First, […]

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