Summary: Can Drugs Be Used In Video Game Tournaments

Can Drugs be used in Video Game Tournaments? It is a very controversial topic started in 2015 after a scandal started by a player named "Semphis" in a competitive team named "Cloud9" admitted to his team using ADHD medication during a match in March of 2015. In an article published in 2015 by Business Insider it states that it's easy to understand why an ADHD drug would appeal to the gamers, as the games played require massive attention, teamwork, and lightning-fast reflexes. That's just the beginning of the topic, too.

"ESports" is a video game tournament that has large prizes, around $100,000 to $1,000,000. The games included go from games like Rocket League, a game where rocket cars and soccer are combined, to Counter Strike, a first-person

But what about those who need the drugs to help their body. ESL (the makers of eSports and most famous gaming tournaments) stated in a Reddit post in early 2016 "What if a player has a legitimate prescription for medication (such as ADHD medication) containing one or more of the banned substances? In this case they must disclose this to us as soon as possible, but no later than the first match is scheduled to start. They will be required to provide proof (a letter from a physician, for example) that they need this specific

Many players have been using ADHD medication to help with the competition without requiring it medically. Some state that it could do well for the matches, because they wouldn’t lose focus on the game, which is something you do not want to happen to you. The thing is that there are problems with that. Medication for ADHD and others, which some players use for the competition, can slur your words, which is dangerous because if you need to call out that an enemy is in an area you could completely mess up the sentence and send your team on a wild goose chase.

Above all, I believe that we don’t need the drugs in the competitions. If they need it to survive or get through everyday life, then that is fine. Furthermore, we need to get rid of it, for those who don’t need it, because the drugs they may be taking may be highly addictive or deadly. If we don’t then in return, can get to become a bigger problem than it already is. It can mess up your whole game. It can mess up the reflexes you may possess without drugs, and performance. Those are some of the reasons I believe we should get rid of drugs in the eSports