Professional Video Gamers to Be Tested for Doping

I don't like the concept of word 'doping'. It is just the word which represents a chemical substance to stimulate body for a better performance. There is however such a hate in using this word. In the past even caffeine in the coffee was considered to be a doping. It is not nowadays Everybody should be allowed to use any chemical substance for himself as he wish. He should be responsible for his own action. If he destroys his health, he should pay for it not the society. There are also people who lives on revealing the 'doping sinners'. It is such a waste of money. People cmmon create something reasonable. Don't waste your time looking for a 'doping' to accuse others for taking it! I take a 'doping' so what?

Statler: are the gamers doping?<p>Waldorf: if you ask me, they&#x27;re all dopes! Oh ho ho ho ho!

Props to ESL for doing this. Some of this has come about because of how casually some csgo players have discussed how they load up on adderall just before matches.<p>Hopefully they can clean this up not neccessarily just for the sake of competetive integrity but also to protect the health of the young competitors.

The problem is that many performance enhancing drugs are used to treat legitimate conditions. It will always be easier to get doctor prescription for some players than it would be for others. If you ban Adderal&#x2F;Ritalin&#x2F;Modafinil (although the last one is very questionable when it comes to performance benefit but still very useful for motivation&#x2F;energy when putting long hours practicing) and allow medical exemptions you will end up with privileged group who have access to the &quot;right doctors&quot;.<p>If you ban it and don&#x27;t allow medical exemptions you will eliminate people who need those drugs to function normally.<p>I would prefer the latter out of the two: you need a drug to function - tough luck you can&#x27;t compete but I prefer just allowing wider spectrum of drugs to begin with.

Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?

So... Why not caffeine too?

&gt;we wish to ensure we can provide a fair playing field for all participating players<p>By restricting access to performance enhancing drugs to those who have the connections to get around the screens that the ESL end up using to try and catch people?<p>Here&#x27;s a radical thought: it&#x27;s a fair playing field if everyone takes adderal before the match.

Olympic shooters are forbidden to use beta blockers.