Cannabis Doesn’t Enhance Performance. So Why Is It Banned In Elite Sports?

Cannabis Culture
By Kara Norton, PBS NewsNov 10, 2021, 2:28 pm242 pts
Here’s how cannabis use became prohibited—and the science of its biological, psychological, and social effects. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, snowboarding made its debut as an Olympic sport. No longer relegated to the fringes, snowboarders took to the snow-capped peaks of Mount Yakebitai,…

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