We’ve recently been seeing a surge in ADHD prescriptions. It is said that around 6%-9% of the population actually suffers from it and it affects mostly men in a proportion of 3:1. Yet, it feels like much more when one frequents certain environments. I’ve been to college and let me tell you that the illegal use of ADHD’s drugs is rampant and very problematic.
The usage seems to be propagating everywhere from the workplace, schools, sports to video games. Yes, video games. The competitive nature of some games will prompt some to seek shady ways to improve or win.
Players have always cheated and always will. Unplugging my brother’s N64 controller used to be my guilty pleasure. Now, we’ve been seeing more and more elaborate ways that gamers have been using to cheat the system:
- using illegal software (hacks and scripts)
- abusing the ranking systems limits
- buying paid services (in-game currency, play time, etc.)
- taking ADHD or other brain enhancing drugs
Here is a tweet from Peter Dager, a player has won millions of dollars playing video games.
Watching all these young esport players abuse Adderall is really demoralizing.
— Peter Dager (@Peterpandam) March 5, 2017
Cloud9’s Pro Counter-Strike player “Semphis” responded “Yes” when asked whether everyone was on Adderall when playing at ESL Katowice.
It’s easy ton understand why some players would use them. Practicing more, sleeping less and being ”in the zone” are amongst the positive effects of Adderall. The end justifies the means, some would say. The money involved and pressure from the fans/organizations are too big for them not to try to get an extra edge.
The most popular sports in the world do test for such drugs and have been for a little while. Is it time we start testing video game players too? If so, should those with a legitimate prescription be tested too? Let us know your opinion!
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