The important “trick” for athletes and cannabis, writes Hesse, is using the substance, or its derivative products like CBD or TCH, at the right level. Not only does the drug’s anti-inflammatory properties soothe injuries, he argues, it also aids recovery after intensive training, helping to mitigate fatigue. Used in the right way, cannabis’ effects do the opposite of what athletes were taught to believe, “that getting high would turn them into useless couch-monsters,” he writes.