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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 playe
by bluecalm 11y ago
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/Ritalin/Modafinil (although the last one is very questionable when it comes to performance benefit but still very useful for motivation/energy when putting long hours practicing) and allow medical exemptions you will end up with privileged group who have access to the "right doctors".
If you ban it and don't allow medical exemptions you will eliminate people who need those drugs to function normally.
I would prefer the latter out of the two: you need a drug to function - tough luck you can't compete but I prefer just allowing wider spectrum of drugs to begin with.
- mmcru 11y agoI think the problem with a total ban is just the sheer number of people with diagnoses. For example, I read recently that something like 6% of adults have ADHD (I don't have a source, correct me if that is way off). I personally wouldn't be surprised if the incidence was higher among young geeky types. And Adderall isn't even the only drug that these types of competitions should be worried about. You can only ban so many people from competing without really starting to affect the potential number of players, which isn't something that private gaming-tournament organizations are going to want to do.
- bluecalm 11y agoI agree. I even more hate the situation where knowing the right doctors or even living in a country with more prescription-happy ones gives you advantage though.