Ultramarathons and Edibles?

This morning I read an article I never expected to be written, let alone for me to have an interest reading it. As an SPC(sport psychology consultant), this article and others like it should be a part of curriculum in graduate school for a few reasons. 1. You as a practitioner need to know where you stand on the issue of marijuana as a performance enhancing drug 2. Ultra-marathons are becoming more popular and you will probably work with an endurance athlete at some point in your career. 3. You need to be exposed to things like this so when they are brought up during session you aren't completely taken off guard.

Let me give you some clarity. I live and work in Colorado, a medicinally and recreationally legal state for marijuana and I'm still thrown off by how many athletes use it for recovery. I also work part time in the hemp industry(marijuana's legal cousin).  I've never heard of it being used in training before. That being said: this guy probably isn't the only athlete using it for training purposes and that's something we all need to be aware of.

The other interesting thing here is that an athlete is being sponsored by prominent marijuana edibles companies and this guy(that we know of) hasn't been denied entry into competitions because of it. I think that although this could be a step in the right direction for companies and competitions: more stringent rules need to be applied to whether an athlete is using for medicinal purposes(recovery, anxiety etc) and get a red card like everyone else or using recreationally: and whether there needs to be more testing in ultra contests for performance enhancing drugs.

Check it out:
https://www.whaxy.com/learn/how-athletes-use-cannabis