Two months earlier, during the Olympic Trials, Richardson placed 1st on the very same track, running the same 100-meter race nearly a third of a second faster.
In late June, the 21-year-old track superstar grabbed headlines following the Olympic Trials, when her post-race drug test came back positive for THC, aka cannabis.
Office of National Drug Control Policy published a paper stating that “ directly undercut our messages to young people that drug use undermines a child’s opportunities for success.” They also donated a million dollars to help the IOC “cleanse sports of drugs.” Cannabis was banned soon after.
In popular culture, fans of the plant are called ‘stoners,’ in the sense that like a stone, they sit in one place and do nothing.
“I know what I did, I know what I’m supposed to do… and I still made that decision,” Richardson said in an interview with the TODAY show following news of her ban.
In fact, the earliest known evidence of humans ‘smoking’ cannabis dates back 2,500 years to an ancient Chinese mourning ritual.
Tod Mikuriya , known as the grandfather of medical cannabis, believed cannabis’ capacity to help in this regard was so unique that it deserved its own drug classification, which he termed ‘easement.’ In a 2001 paper, Dr.
When Sha’Carri Richardson smoked cannabis on the eve of the Olympic Trials it was not to help her run faster but to ensure she would be able to run in the first place.
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