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Understanding The Significance of Cannabidiols and Their Possible Use in Sport
Understanding The Significance of Cannabidiols and Their Possible Use in Sport
ISSN No:-2456-2165
Abstract:- The paper provides an overview and review them is considered as an unfavorable laboratory finding.
of the use, knowledge and importance of cannabidiol This paper analyzes the use of illicit substances in sport, i.e.,
(CBD) on stakeholders in the sports system, on the criminalization of doping as such, which eventually means
example of members of the Sports Community of the that the person caught in illicit activities is held responsible
City of Zadar. In particular, a review is given of the both in sport systems and civil law. It is of vital importance
possible harmfulness of taking substances that contain that those who educate and train athletes make sure that they
prohibited amounts and ingredients for athletes, ie prevent any possible use of doping in sport and to state that
unfounded and unconfirmed independent research. The publicly, clearly and in a memorable way. Sports
method and purpose of taking cannabidiol by the Community of the City of Zadar created a research survey
stakeholders of the sports system are presented, with conducted on the population of athletes whose clubs are
special reference to athletes in the field of recreation. members of the Sports Community of the City of Zadar.
The survey, through a questionnaire, determined The aim was to examine the attitudes and beliefs of
whether athletes and sports professionals are participants (athletes) about their knowledge of
sufficiently aware of what are cannabidiols, and what is cannabidiols, their use and significance of those substances.
the impact on the health status of athletes when using
cannabidiol and the possible harm to the health of II. CANNABIDIOL, WHAT IS IT?
athletes in uncontrolled cannabidiol intake. In
conclusion, research has shown that athletes and sports Cannabidiol, i.e., CBD is the third isolated
professionals do not know enough about what are cannabinoid compound. It was discovered in 1940, about
cannabidiols, and what is the impact of their use on twenty years before the most famous THC. CBD makes up
athletes and recreational athletes. Therefore, the 40% of industrial hemp extract and is its main cannabinoid.
conclusion is that it is necessary to educate these Furthermore, it is important to emphasize that it is not
stakeholders in sports and conduct future research. psychotropic (www.medicalnewstoday.com). Initially it
was speculated that in humans and animals cannabinoids
Keywords:- cannabidiol (CBD), sports, doping, prohibited act by non-specific binding to cell membranes, but it was
substances later discovered that the compounds have a specific binding
sites in animal brains. In the early 1990s, the scientists
I. INTRODUCTION were surprised to discover that the human body is able to
produce its own cannabinoids. One of them is anandamide,
In today’s sport, there are a growing number of colloquially called “the molecule of happiness”. The name
cannabidiol (CBD) products available for purchase in of this endocannabinoids originates from the Sanskrit word
various forms such as: e-liquids, vapors, extracts, oils etc. ananda, meaning happiness and bliss.
Cannabidiol is one among 110 known cannabidiols
extracted from the cannabis plant. It has a different chemical Nowadays the main products made of industrial hemp
structure than THC, a psychoactive compound used by can be found in the form of oils, tinctures, waxes, spreads
illegal drug users to achieve a state of mental euphoria; and various other supplies obtained from the seeds of this
cannabidiol does not have such an effect (Gieringer et al., increasingly present plant in our everyday lives, whether
2008). At the end of 2018, CBD was not listed in the World we talk about food or cosmetics (www.marihuana.hr). So
Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Prohibited List, so it is far, the hemp oil shows better results in terms of quality
allowed to be used in the sports system. All other than any other vegetable oil, and it has also been proven
cannabidiols such as THC, cannabis, hashish, marijuana, are that it contains higher ratios of omega acids that are
banned in the sports system. Hence, if an athlete uses a essential for overall health. As a cannabis composition,
prohibited substance, it is at athlete’s own risk and they are CBD has well-founded health benefits.
personally responsible for all the substances in their
organism, as stated in clause 2.1. Regulations for the fight Before an explanation of what CBD is, it is important
against doping in sports. According to the relevant services, to mention what it is not. It is not psychoactive; therefore
a substance (THC) with a tolerated threshold substance that no emotional effects should be expected or feared. CBD, or
is reported as an unfavorable laboratory finding when cannabidiol, became interesting to scientists as one of the
present in urine has concentrations greater than 150 hundred ingredients found in industrial hemp. In the fibers
nanograms per milliliter. Other cannabidiols do not have a of industrial hemp, CBD is usually found in the upper part
tolerated threshold, therefore even the smallest amount of of the stem and the flower, and the scientists are