Pot use is increasing in many populations. Athletes are using pot at alarming levels.

Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in America today, and this has been the case for some years. Nearly 70 million Americans have used marijuana in their lifetime. By 12 th grade, 52% of youth have tried marijuana. Marijuana is a potent, intoxicating drug with long-term, cumulative effects. Unlike alcohol or most other substances of abuse, it remains in the body for as long as forty days. Heavy users can test positive for the drug even after weeks of abstinence. Over 70,000,000 Served Researchers found that 42% of people surveyed in the U.S. had tried marijuana at least once

How Long does it stay in your system? Today’s pot is not like yesterdays… stronger and stronger concentrations of THC have made marijuana a potent drug that deposits in brain tissue and effects brain function.

Today’s Pot Marijuana THC content ’s 1-4% THC Marijuana THC content today 40+% THC

Detection Times Marijuana/Cannabinoids (THC, Marijuana) Detection Time: 1 time use only 5-8 days 2-4x per month days 2-4x per week days 5-6x per week days Daily days Most State Drug Courts have used 30 days as the cleanout rate for Cannabinoids /THC

If a school district, college, institution or organization documents marijuana use by a (student) athlete and then allow them back on a playing field for practice and or competition and they are injured, the institution must assume the associated liability. Knowing the removal rates for THC would require that a student athlete must pass a legitimate FDA approved drug screening for THC and test clean prior to the resumption of athletic training and or competition.

More than half of those who will try marijuana for the first time… Are still using marijuana one year later