The Dolphins have become the first NRL team to adopt a medicinal cannabis company as a sponsor, with the expansion club to sport the Alternaleaf brand on the front of their jersey this season.
And it comes after NRL Immortal Andrew Johns previously called on the federal government to fund research into the use of medicinal cannabis to treat concussion and head trauma in sport.
Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has been a long-time supporter of the NRL’s illicit drugs policy and the ongoing way against doping and drug use in sport, which makes the partnership seem unusual on the surface.
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