Horschel is pleased there is a growing acceptance of CBD use in golfGETTY IMAGES
Golfer Billy Horschel is "convinced that the CBD-infused topical creams and powders produced by the company Beam have contributed to his return to top form," as he is the "latest in a growing group of tour members ... who are paid endorsers for CBD products," according to Karen Crouse of the N.Y. TIMES. Their advocacy "would appear to signal a growing acceptance of CBD use in the conservative world of professional golf." But allowing its use is "not the same as endorsing it," as PGA Tour officials last year "warned players that they risked failing a drug test if they used CBD products." Horschel said, "There's still not enough correct information out there, but that weed-smoking image that is out there just because people haven't had the correct information is being torn down." In the past year, golfers Robert Garrigus and Matt Every have "served 12-week suspensions after failing tournament-week drug tests for THC." Garrigus and Every both said that they "had been prescribed marijuana for medical purposes in states where it is legal." Garrigus said, "It's OK to take OxyContin and black out and run into a bunch of people, but you can't take CBD and THC without someone looking at you funny. It makes no sense." PGA Tour Senior VP/Tournament Administration & Anti-Doping Andy Levinson "cited the lack of regulation of CBD products as a concern" (N.Y. TIMES, 5/8).
