News NCAA relaxes marijuana testing threshold, recommends lighter penalties for positive tests

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NCAA relaxes marijuana testing threshold, recommends lighter penalties for positive tests​

ESPN
26 Feb 2022

The NCAA has relaxed the amount of THC an athlete can have to trigger a positive test, and is recommending less-stringent penalties for athletes who do test positive for marijuana.

The threshold levels for THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, will go from 35 nanograms per milliliter to 150 nanograms per milliliter, which the NCAA says is in line with the World Anti-Doping Agency's levels.

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