Cannabis and sport: A World Anti-Doping perspective

Affiliations

¹ ALA BioPharma Consulting, Monroe, NJ, USA.
² Institute for Emerging Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Health Surveillance and Bioethics, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore F. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Australian Football League, Docklands, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁷ International Testing Agency-ITA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁸ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
⁹ Science and Medicine Department, World Anti-Doping Agency, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁰ Amolyt Pharma, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹¹ The ANZAC Research Institute Concord Repatriation General Hospital Gate 3, Concord, NSW, Australia.
¹² Center for Preventive Doping Research, Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
¹³ Eirpharm, Ennis, County Clare, Ennis, Ireland.

Editorial

Thomas J Hudzik et al. Addiction. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;118(11):2040-2042.

doi: 10.1111/add.16315. Epub 2023 Aug 13.

¹ ALA BioPharma Consulting, Monroe, NJ, USA.
² Institute for Emerging Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Health Surveillance and Bioethics, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore F. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Australian Football League, Docklands, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁷ International Testing Agency-ITA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁸ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
⁹ Science and Medicine Department, World Anti-Doping Agency, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
¹⁰ Amolyt Pharma, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹¹ The ANZAC Research Institute Concord Repatriation General Hospital Gate 3, Concord, NSW, Australia.
¹² Center for Preventive Doping Research, Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
¹³ Eirpharm, Ennis, County Clare, Ennis, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Athlete; WADA; cannabis; doping; health; sport; Δ9-THC.

Comment in

Nicotine dependence in elite sport.
Read D, Cope E, Taylor L. Read D, et al. Addiction. 2024 Mar;119(3):595-596. doi: 10.1111/add.16417. Epub 2023 Dec 20. Addiction. 2024. PMID: 38123180 No abstract available.

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