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The University of Regina has been researching the use of CBD for managing pain in athletes recovering from concussions since 2022 with a $500,000 grant from the NFL. The study aims to explore whether CBD can be an alternative to prescription opioids while addressing concerns about potential misuse due to THC contamination. Dr. Patrick Neary and PhD student Jamie White are leading the research, which includes educating athletes on the risks of THC in sports despite its legal status in Canada.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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Concerns about concussion prevention and treatment have been increasing in recent years, with five to ten percent of competitive student-athletes sustaining concussions annually, not counting undiagnosed cases. Since 2022, the University of Regina has been investigating cannabinoids as a potential safer alternative for pain management after concussions, receiving $500,000 from the NFL for this research. PhD student Jamie White, supervised by Dr. Patrick Neary, is part of the pioneering team exploring how cannabinoids affect human health in post-concussion scenarios. Carter Ashman, a rookie on the Regina Rams football team and participant in the study, hopes it will reduce concussion rates and improve treatment methods. As cannabis becomes more legalized, researchers aim to understand its scientific basis rather than allowing its use to proliferate without proper knowledge.
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Concerns about prevention and treatment of concussions have been growing within the last several years.
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Five to ten per cent of competitive student-athletes will sustain a concussion; this doesn’t include any undiagnosed head injuries.
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this → sustain → injuries
The University of Regina has been working to solve this issue since 2022, when $500,000 was received from the NFL to determine whether cannabinoids could safely be used for pain management in post-concussion syndrome athletes, as opposed to prescription medication such as opioids.
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cannabinoids → work → opioids
“I hope that it helps with concussions because that’s a big thing in my sport and I hope that it lowers the amount of concussions and how we treat them,” said Ashman.
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PhD student Jamie White has been supervised in this study by Dr. Patrick Neary for two years.
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They are part of the first groups to study the effects of cannabinoids on humans.
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White addresses why this route of treatment is becoming more explored.
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route → address → treatment
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“If you look at the NFL, if you look at NBA, lots of those players at the highest level also use cannabis.
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And so now that there is a shift towards a legalization market, it’s really important to understand the actual science behind it, as opposed to just letting it kind of run rampant,” said White.
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One concern this form of treatment faces is misuse.
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While CBD is legal in sports, THC is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in competition.
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THC → ban → competition
The risk of using CBD is that many products will contain trace amounts of THC.
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USports does not test for THC, but any athletes representing Canada can’t use it due to this potential cross-contamination.
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Canada Sport Integrity educates roughly 25,000 athletes about this policy, despite advocating for change for years now.
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Executive Director Kevin Bean says it’s important to inform athletes of these risks, even as he hopes they change.
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“THC is a prohibited substance on the WADA, as I’ve mentioned.
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And from our organization’s perspective, we’ve actually lobbied for the substance to come off the prohibited list, but it’s a global list and it’s determined by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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So it is prohibited in sports, remains prohibited in sport despite its legalized status in Canada,” said Bean.
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“So we continue to have to educate athletes on the dangers of consuming THC in and around competitions that they might participate in.
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So that’s something that we’re focused on now with that particular substance.”
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White shares a similar sentiment on the subject.
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“It’s important for these athletes, especially to have an understanding of how cannabis works with the body, how they could use it potentially to benefit them and how can they avoid misusing it as well.
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The field of cannabis science is new and unexplored, leaving lots of work to be done.
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