Sports medicine providers “generally have favorable views toward CBD and cannabis,” and most believe marijuana should be removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) list of prohibited substances, according to a new survey of 333 doctors published this month. The study also found that most sports medicine physicians who participated support legalizing marijuana for recreational and medical use.
The new study found that 72% of sports medicine physicians back the global athletics body’s move on cannabidiol and that 59% want it to go further by removing cannabis itself from the banned substances list. Among study participants—physician members of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine who responded to an emailed survey—more said they recommended CBD (40.8 percent) as opposed to marijuana (24.8 percent).
In terms of recommending CBD to patients, the new study found, pediatricians, rural doctors and academic physicians were less likely to advise use of the cannabinoid compared to other doctors in the field. Only 9.9% of our respondents believe CBD is detrimental to performance and the integrity of sport.
