On the second episode of ‘Forward Progress’, host Gord Randall speaks with former Olympic gold medallist and marijuana advocate Ross Rebagliati about what legalization means for athletes, regulation and recovery, and building a cannabis empire.
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Show Notes:
- On ‘Legacy’ and building a marijuana brand from scratch [2:20]
- Healthy lifestyles and how athletes can use CBD for recovery [3:15]
- How the federal and provincial governments have been doing with the rollout [4:00]
- Bureaucratic red tape and how certain politicians are scared that supporting legalization will hurt their electoral chances [5:38]
- How the marijuana industry is innovating in Canada [7:00]
- The misconceptions around the black market for marijuana [10:10]
- Craft industry and creating your own brand [11:45]
- On the strong stigma surrounding marijuana [13:00]
- Pivoting to the cannabis association after Nagano and sharing his positive experience [14:15]
- On why marijuana is a performance-enhancing, and how it’s no different than water, oxygen or even a banana [15:40]
- On how he speaks to his kids about cannabis [22:14]
- The opioid crisis and medical marijuana as an alternative to painkillers. [27:00]
- On the role race has played in prohibition [31:48]
- The future of legalization and what comes next [33:16]
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Additional reading:
- Canada’s elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in pot. CBC News.
- Can marijuana help make us better athletes? The Globe and Mail.
- Cannabis and sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine.
- Ross Rebagliati’s ‘wild ride’ from Olympic podium to pot merchant. CBC - The National.
- Higher Ground - TSN.
- Disgraced at Olympics Over Marijuana, Canadian Snowboarder Hopes to Ride to Cannabis Success. New York Times.
- Former Olympic snowboarder Ross Rebagliati goes for gold in the cannabis biz. BNN Bloomberg.
- Ex-NBA commissioner David Stern says marijuana should no longer be banned. The Guardian.
- Should You Be Smoking Weed Before a Workout? Some Athletes Think So. Men’s Health.
Ross Rebagliati: pioneer of the pot legalization journey. The Chronicle Herald.