After American track star Sha’Carri Richardson tested positive for marijuana following her qualification to the U.S. Olympic team, supporters of the runner are highlighting mental health and marijuana use among athletes. Former NBA player and co-founder of cannabis company Viola, Al Harrington, and NBC News medical contributor, Dr. Sue Varma, join News NOW to discuss how sport regulations can change to address mental health.
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If alcohol and cigs legal we should be able to smoke
I hope who ever makes these decisions remembers our kids are watching and listening. Our Olympians have always been an inspirations for many generations of all cultures and more to come… Olympians have always been held a macro standards of Representation of the USA on the global level not just the micro level of only for the USA
Everyone should be allowed to use it.
I blame our First President George Washington for turning down Marijuana from the Native Americans, for European- tobacco and alcohol, because of PRIDE and EGO when the Country was newly formed and colonized!!!
Ok so she smokes a bit of weed, ok? She is doing really well, I don't see how it would affect her
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Do these people know that running involves the cardio system and if your not able to breath properly you eventually won't be a productive runner. I hope she finds another way to handle her problems if not her career will be short. Weed and running not a good idea. ''wrong message.''
Yoga and weed
It doesn't enhance, it does the opposite
This is a perfect example of discrimination laws are passed, it is known for a fact to cure a lot of diseases and disorders it is an herb naturally used in other words it is not processed by mankind
Richardson is being made an example just for being a woman and yet Barry Bonds made millions
Partake the herb! 🔥😉🎶✌️
I approve the use for recreational porpoises
This all things because one athletic is consuming marijuana you have to change all things NO👎🏻
Not a great Idea, unless we know how much it affects the performance. Just making it legal in the USA doesn't mean the whole world will say yes to that.
K but the real and only important question is. How in gods name would smoking weed make any athlete better at any sport?? If it is not a performance enhancement then why is this even a debat???
They should give them extra an medal!
The rules are rules.
CEO of a cannabis company thinks it should be legal…imagine that
If black people don't like something it's always racist. It can't be as simple as Sha Carrie breaking a well known rule and being punished for such. It has to be the catch all answer of a historical and deep seated racism.
It has been a savior for me over the death of my sister and anxiety. I have antidepressants with bad side effects. I chose a joint instead. Thanks.
The Eve's of the world gave birth to fruitkakkes, drug users, hores and pimps, ultra-rich liberals, and politicians, so what's new?
Free Alex Caruso
So your telling the world to legalise it…really…good luck with that…in Africa Russia in fact black countries will not bend to this…whats next alphabet rights good luck with that