Do SX riders get tested for weed?

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Edited Date/Time 4/25/2021 6:32pm
Just curious lol. (It really doesn’t matter either) but I see multiple riders who smoke regularly. Do they get tested? Maybe once before the first race?
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Logan_724 4/22/2021 8:33am
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TT Special wrote:
not allowed to talk about thatShocked
Lol why is that?😂 I just figured that they probably don’t test for THC. I asked my buddy who’s a pro mech and he wasn’t sure.
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Dirty Points 4/22/2021 9:02am
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SilverSpurs wrote:
YES. It's on the list.
Yup. But the testing threshold has been bumped up to be fairly high (150 ng/mL). Enough so that these young athletes would probably clear if they held off for the day before testing.

https://www.usada.org/athletes/substances/marijuana-faq/

"To obtain such a result, an athlete would have to consume a minimum of 4 to 8 units of high-purity cannabis resin - containing from 0.5 to 0.75 grams of cannabis per unit - 4 to 6 hours prior to the competition. (https://www.canorml.org/employment/marijuana-drug-test-detection-times/)"
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Prohibited in competition, only.
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:
Who they gonna test ? Team fried ?
Follow them on IG. The things they post make me laugh, good to see a group of friends living their best lives.
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sandtrack315 4/22/2021 9:11am
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Athletes are usually pretty lean, and THC is stored in your fat cells, so unless they are smoking a lot, and right before the test, it's not coming up positive.
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Logan_724 4/22/2021 9:14am
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smashingpumpkins167 wrote:
They're all good if they got their TUEs in [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/04/22/488979/s1200_Screenshot_20210422_110356_Instagram.jpg[/img]
They're all good if they got their TUEs in
This was why I became curious lol. And stank.
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Logan_724 4/22/2021 9:16am
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fourfourone wrote:
name a few of these riders that you see smoking regularly
Stank,team fried (anderson), have heard some things about the bakers factory etc. I have no problem with it just curious how they make it so obvious yet never fail etc.
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Moto520 4/22/2021 9:19am
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In Illinois....smoking weed is legal. No more negative judgements from the drinkers. If one of the riders smokes....no big deal. Let's not draw attention to them.
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Logan_724 wrote:
Just curious lol. (It really doesn’t matter either) but I see multiple riders who smoke regularly. Do they get tested? Maybe once before the first race?
If they did, Garett Steinke would not be racing
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Logan_724 wrote:
Just curious lol. (It really doesn’t matter either) but I see multiple riders who smoke regularly. Do they get tested? Maybe once before the first race?
STLSharky wrote:
If they did, Garett Steinke would not be racing
Does Gared have a brother who burns more than him?
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Up Wind 4/22/2021 10:36am
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sandtrack315 wrote:
Athletes are usually pretty lean, and THC is stored in your fat cells, so unless they are smoking a lot, and right before the test, it's...
Athletes are usually pretty lean, and THC is stored in your fat cells, so unless they are smoking a lot, and right before the test, it's not coming up positive.
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Black Diesel Bomber 4/22/2021 10:36am
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How would weed be performance enhancing?..... "It's cool man, you can pass me. It's beautiful out here"

I use it to have more fun when trail riding but I can't imagine heading to the gate while being high from a gummy...
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Up Wind 4/22/2021 10:38am
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That stuff is possibly only good for certain swimmer olympic gold medalists not mx riders.
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Logan_724 wrote:
Just curious lol. (It really doesn’t matter either) but I see multiple riders who smoke regularly. Do they get tested? Maybe once before the first race?
STLSharky wrote:
If they did, Garett Steinke would not be racing
You're assuming Gared has been tested though.
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Stuntman949 4/22/2021 10:57am
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If it was banned at the local level here, we would lose half of the Vet Class Laughing
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Black Diesel Bomber 4/22/2021 12:28pm
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For all you smokers out there add this one to your playlist and crank it up loud...this studio version is one of my all time favorites. I've found that the ladies seem to love this one too. The only problem is that it's too short....should have kept playing twice as long:

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xrmark 4/22/2021 12:31pm
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More than half of the dudes on the line in the 450 main smoke or eat it. A few fund there racing by selling it 🤷🏻‍♂️
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concave ruts 4/22/2021 1:00pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
How would weed be performance enhancing?..... "It's cool man, you can pass me. It's beautiful out here" I use it to have more fun when trail...
How would weed be performance enhancing?..... "It's cool man, you can pass me. It's beautiful out here"

I use it to have more fun when trail riding but I can't imagine heading to the gate while being high from a gummy...
It’s popular with BBJ fighters and MMA dudes for recovering from intense workouts
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xrmark wrote:
More than half of the dudes on the line in the 450 main smoke or eat it. A few fund there racing by selling it 🤷🏻‍♂️
The front half or back half?
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stremme12 4/22/2021 1:16pm
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xrmark wrote:
More than half of the dudes on the line in the 450 main smoke or eat it. A few fund there racing by selling it 🤷🏻‍♂️
So Ralph was wrong then. Deano wasn't just selling T-shirts out of his van to fund his way to the races.
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FreshTopEnd 4/22/2021 1:35pm
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Dirty Points wrote:
Yup. But the testing threshold has been bumped up to be fairly high (150 ng/mL). Enough so that these young athletes would probably clear if they...
Yup. But the testing threshold has been bumped up to be fairly high (150 ng/mL). Enough so that these young athletes would probably clear if they held off for the day before testing.

https://www.usada.org/athletes/substances/marijuana-faq/

"To obtain such a result, an athlete would have to consume a minimum of 4 to 8 units of high-purity cannabis resin - containing from 0.5 to 0.75 grams of cannabis per unit - 4 to 6 hours prior to the competition. (https://www.canorml.org/employment/marijuana-drug-test-detection-times/)"
Good that they raised the threshholds . . from the "old" days http://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/Shared%20Documents/1577.pdf
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