As Ice Cube’s Big 3 heads into its second week of the current season, the league office is putting a new rule into effect, the use of cannabidiol (CBD) as a pain treatment.
ESPN reports that the league issued the ruling on Wednesday, which goes into effect immediately.
“The BIG3 is uniquely positioned in professional sports as a player-powered league that looks at our players as partners not property,” BIG3 co-founder and co-CEO Jeff Kwatinetz said in a statement. “As a testament to our relationship with our players, we listened to their feedback on CBD, as well as feedback from professionals in the regulatory and CBD industry, and decided to take this major step to support their health.”
The report goes on to the say that league’s decision to permit the use of CBD falls in line with World Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to remove CBD from its list of banned substances earlier this year.
To watch interviews with Ice Cube and Big 3Commissioner Clyde Drexler earlier this spring at the league’s combine, flip the pages.