Professional Video Gamers to Be Tested for Doping
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#2Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?
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#3Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?
Why would we want to officially bias competitions toward people with ADD diagnoses?
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#4Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?
Good point - this could create an incentive for people to stop taking the medication that they need just so they're allowed to compete.
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#5Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?
On the other hand, if legitimate use is allowed, there are doctors out there who will give you a prescription for faked symptoms.
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#7Makes sense. That said, will they not admit anyone who has a legitimate reason for prescription stimulants?
Dosage for controlling ADD compared to that used in a performance enhancing manner is quite drastically different.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
On the other hand, if legitimate use is allowed, there are doctors out there who will give you a prescription for faked symptoms.
This is a problem in regular sports too
> "It would be fair to have two Tours de France - one for the asthmatics and one for non-asthmatics," he said. "The funny result would be that the asthmatics would be much faster."
From http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2007-07-20-369...
Re: Professional Video Gamers to Be Tested for Doping
#9Props 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.
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.