Canadian mixed martial arts fighter Elias Theodorou is set to become the first athlete to compete in a professional sport in the US with an exemption for medicinal cannabis.
The middleweight bout against Bryan Baker, with an in-competition Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for medicinal cannabis, will take place on December 18 in Colorado. Colorado granted the TUE to Theodorou in May.
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