The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Company) has “basically” eliminated marijuana as a prohibited substance for UFC fighters. The UFC and USADA reportedly made the reveal Thursday.
In keeping with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, if fighters take a look at optimistic for carboxy-THC (the psychoactive ingredient in hashish), it won’t be thought-about a violation of USADA. This rule will likely be retroactively utilized as of January 1, 2021.
Marijuana use in fight sports activities has been an intriguing matter for a few years. Marijuana, in a myriad of how, has lengthy been utilized by fight athletes similar to boxers, kickboxers, MMA fighters, and many others.
The Diaz brothers, MMA legends Nick and Nate Diaz, are thought-about the most important advocates of marijuana use in fight sports activities. Nick, Nate, and lots of different fighters have constantly said that using marijuana or marijuana-related merchandise doesn’t have an effect on one’s efficiency inside the MMA cage / ring.
Marijuana is allowed within the UFC
Many within the preventing recreation imagine that marijuana shouldn’t be a prohibited PED (performance-enhancing drug), and athletes mustn’t obtain suspensions or fines after testing optimistic for marijuana.
On that observe, some excerpts from Marc Raimondi’s report say the next:
“As of January 1 retroactively, a optimistic drug take a look at for carboxy-THC, the psychoactive ingredient in hashish, will no longer be thought-about a violation, except USADA can present that an athlete used it deliberately to enhance efficiency, in keeping with a press launch.
Jeff Novitzky, UFC Senior Vice President of Athlete Well being and Efficiency, has addressed this modification. Novitzky defined that this modification has “basically” eliminated the sanctions in opposition to marijuana fully. In easy phrases, if the USADA needs to provide the fighter a suspension or a fantastic for testing optimistic for marijuana, they must present that the fighter was benefiting from using marijuana. Jeff Novitzky said:
“It could most likely require visible cues if the athlete reveals up at an occasion stumbling, smelling of marijuana, bloodshot eyes, issues like that.”
The UFC has “basically” struck marijuana as a punishable offense in its anti-doping coverage.
(by way of @marc_raimondi) pic.twitter.com/nHsVlQnMvp
– ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 14, 2021
“It could most likely require visible indicators if the athletes reveals up at an occasion stumbling, smelling like marijuana, eyes blood shot.”
USED ’basically’ eliminating marijuana use as UFC violation. Story: https://t.co/oJQZC9dWq8
– Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) January 14, 2021
Moreover, Jeff Novitzky famous that these circumstances of severely marijuana-affected fighters are uncommon within the UFC. Novitzky added that even when they do come throughout such a case, the athlete will seemingly need to bear a therapy program and never obtain a suspension.
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