Has a failed Olympic drug test just created the new face of cannabis legalization?

Unfortunately, just a few days after Cannabis.net sent the bat signal for a new hero, one showed up.

Just days after the now viral article “Marijuana Legalization Needs a New Superhero, and It Can’t Be an Old White Fellow,” track and field Olympian Sha’carri Richardson failed a pre-Olympic drug test for marijuana.

Sha-carri admits using cannabis after learning from a reporter that her birth mother has just passed away. She went on Good Morning America and told the world that she was using marijuana that she knew it was a prohibited substance and that she was human and not very good at dealing with a very emotional moment. She apologized for abandoning a nation, but followed up with a tweet that read, “I am human.”

A viral campaign surrounding “LetHerRun” sparked a poignant debate over whether cannabis is not only a banned substance for athletes, but whether it can race if it knowingly breaks the rules.

In a real conversation with God, Cannabis.net published an article on who could be the next face of marijuana legalization and how it could not be a traditional board member type. While many celebrities have tweeted their support for IG, lawmakers like Corey Booker, co-sponsor of MORE ACT to legalize cannabis, have come out loudly in favor of legalizing sha-carri in the Olympics.

The two separate discussions are whether marijuana should be a banned substance for athletes as there is no medical study showing that marijuana improves athletic performance. It has helped athletes recover from inflammation and sore muscles, but nothing to improve heart rate, strength, or endurance. The second discussion is whether someone who knows the Prohibited Substance Rules and willfully violates them can walk.

In the open air, when she went live on Good Morning America (click video above), Sha’carri appeared honest, sincere, couldn’t find excuses, took full responsibility for her actions and explained the traumatic events that sparked her decision one morning cannabis to consume.

While I’m not predicting the Olympic Committee will lift the 30-day ban, what if that focal point leads to a final spurt of federal marijuana legalization? Will the outcry lead to a national vote or a change of Congress? Will support for the Safe Banking Act or MORE ACT now generate the much-needed additional votes in the Senate?

Stay tuned!

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