For some athletes, dealing with pain is an everyday problem and can have a lasting impact long after their athletic careers. Athletes will use prescribed opioids and others will use alcohol or more illicit drugs such as cocaine or heroin for pain management. These drugs can be highly addictive and can lead to long term social, physical, emotional, and psychological consequences. The problem addressed in this study is the lack of non-opioids and NSAIDs alternatives for pain management for NCAA athletes with injuries. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive survey study was to document NCAA athletes' use of cannabis, CBD, and THC, to control pain from injuries. Due to COVID-19, a link to an online survey was sent to student athletes from a NCAA Division I institution in a southeastern state. Forty-seven athletes completed surveys and more than half (28, 60%) stated they were or had used CBD for pain relief from injury. Further 21% reported daily use, 11% reported twice weekly use and three times per week use, respectively, and 4% reported using CBD four to six times per week. However, 10 of the athletes (29%) found CBD to be least effective for pain relief, 8 (23%) found CBD to be a little effective, and almost half of athletes 17 (49%) found CB to be somewhat effective. Of the athletes who answered the question, no athletes self-reported CBD to be effective or most effective. For THC use, only four athletes admitted they currently use THC for pain injury, while 13 admitted they had used THC in the past. Fourteen athletes found THC to be least effective for pain relief, while only two athletes found THC to be slightly effective, and only one athlete found it to be somewhat effective for pain relief from injury. Implications are the NCAA should continue to monitor the research on the medical benefits of cannabis as a pain reliever, to ascertain if they should modify their rules on usage for athletes for pain relief. Recommendations for further research include the NCAA surveying all its athletes anonymously on cannabis use to relieve pain from injury. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]