If you rooted for Team USA with friends this year, we hope you had a few of Tribe’s CBD cocktails on hand. Arguably, the best-named cocktail for this occasion was the Olympic. Don’t forget to add a dab of Tribe CBD oil for an extra jolt of excitement. 

CBD Olympic Cocktail Recipe

While the modern Olympics date back to the late 19th century, Ancient Greeks initially created these games to appease the mighty god Zeus. With such a long history, there are hundreds of Olympics-related facts you could use to impress your friends. Here are just a few of the most fascinating “Olympic ice breakers” you could use while mixing your Olympic CBD cocktail.  

• Pigeon shooting was a recognized sport in the 1900 Olympics. 
• According to the Olympic Charter, gold medals only need to contain six grams of pure gold. 
• Rather than compete again, 2nd place pole vaulters Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe mixed bronze and silver medals in the 1936 Olympics. 
• It wasn’t till 2012’s London Olympics that every competing nation had female athletes on their teams. 
• Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller won five gold medals for swimming. 
• Gymnasium is Greek for “School for Naked Exercise.”

Ingredients 

• ¾ oz brandy 

• ¾ oz Triple Sec 

• ¾ oz orange juice

• 1 dropperful Tribe CBD oil

• Orange peel, garnish

Directions

• Mix brandy, Triple Sec, and orange juice in a cocktail shaker

• Add ice and shake for a few seconds

• Strain into a pre-chilled coupe glass

• Garnish with Tribe CBD oil and an orange peel

CBD has become increasingly trendy in the athletic community. Indeed, it’s hard to find a professional sport nowadays with a few CBD fanatics in its league. 

This begs the question: Is CBD legal to take during game day? Hemp is legal under the 2018 US Farm Bill, but does that make CBD OK in international sports? 

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency, CBD is no longer a banned substance. As long as athletes use CBD products from a hemp plant with ≤ 0.3 percent THC, there’s no issue adding this cannabinoid to your game plan. 

Stay In The Game With Tribe’s Cooling Gel 

While taking CBD internally has many pros, sometimes athletes need instant relief from their sore muscles. Arguably, this is the crucial reason CBD topicals have become increasingly popular with pro athletes. Since our skin has cannabinoid receptors, some scientists believe we can absorb CBD molecules transdermally. In fact, there’s recent evidence out of the University of Kentucky that topical CBD may reduce knee inflammation. 

Tribe CBD now offers a third-party tested Cold Therapy Gel with plenty of our high-quality hemp extract. For more details on this cool salve, please click here. 

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

Though pro leagues are slowly adjusting to the reality that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, it remains squarely on the banned list for Olympic sports.

That reality will force American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson to miss the Olympics this month.

Shortly after she won the Olympic trials in Oregon last month, she tested positive for chemicals found in marijuana. Though it was acknowledged the drug was not used for performance-enhancing purposes, Richardson still had her results erased and received a one-month ban.

A few questions about marijuana policy in sports:

Q: If marijuana isn’t thought to enhance performance, then why is it still banned?

A: According to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, “For something to be added to the … Prohibited List, it must meet two of the three inclusion criteria: a) it poses a health risk to athletes b) it has the potential to enhance performance and c) it violates the spirit of sport.” Though WADA has increased the threshold for a positive test, it has not taken marijuana off the list because it still asserts that the drug meets at least two of the above criteria. Also according to USADA: The 2021 World Anti-Doping Code newly classifies THC as a “Substance of Abuse” because it is frequently used in society outside the context of sport.

Q: What changed recently in the American pro sports leagues?

A: All the leagues have greatly loosened their restrictions on marijuana over the past years. For instance, the NFL has raised the threshold for a positive test and eliminated suspensions. And the NBA stopped random testing for marijuana in March 2020. These changes have come as laws prohibiting marijuana use around the U.S. and the world have been relaxed, and as studies that link marijuana to medicinal and pain-relief benefits have become more common.

Q: What changes have occurred in the Olympic testing program?

A: Not long after the London Olympics in 2012, international regulators increased the threshold for a positive test from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/m. They explained the new threshold was an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected, but not use during the days and weeks before competition. The sanction for a positive test when an athlete can establish the drug was not used to enhance performance is three months. That can be reduced to one month if the athlete completes counseling.

Q: If Richardson’s ban is 30 days and ends July 27, then why can’t she compete in the Olympic 100, which starts on July 30?

A: Because her first-place finish at trials, which is what earned her the spot, is scratched out of the record books because of the positive test.

Q: Could she still compete in the Olympics?

A: Because her ban is over before the start of the women’s 4×100 relay, there’s a chance she could be named to the team. But the relay pool is presumably filled by athletes who have a result from the trials. Richardson does not officially have a result, so it would potentially take some legal wrangling or cooperation from other athletes to allow her on the team.

Q: Could Richardson appeal the ruling?

A: Although athletes have the right to appeal any positive tests, two people familiar with this case told The Associated Press that Richardson is not appealing her case. The people did not want their names used because of the confidentiality of doping cases.