Cannabis and sport: NFL's Mike James asks for permission to use cannabis-6

What is a TUE? The process by which an
athlete can obtain approval
to use a prescribed
prohibited substance or
method for the treatment of
a legitimate medical condition Cannabis as pain relief -
but what about the risks? "Mike is clearly not someone who can
use painkillers as he has a long
history of personal addiction and a
long history of family substance
abuse," James' clinician Dr Sue
Sisley tells BBC Sport. "So our position was focused on Mike
being able to use medical cannabis for
chronic pain syndrome." Dr Sisley, one of the only researchers
involved in clinical trials of the drug in
the US, says these include a risk of
dependency and instances of
psychosis, paranoia and anxiety. But one of the conclusions of a 2017
report published by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) said
patients treated with cannabis were
more likely to experience a significant
reduction in pain symptoms.BBC Sports

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