You are here

Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Professional video gamers to be tested for marijuana in doping crackdown 🌿

Professional video gamers to be tested for marijuana in doping crackdown

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 08:45

One of the world's largest esports organisations has announced the details of an anti-doping policy that is intended to curb the use of performance-enhancing drugs in competitive gaming.

As we reported in July, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) announced they would be partnering with Germany's Nationale Anti Doping Agentur (NADA) and the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) on an anti-drugs policy.

Now, ESL have released the details of their policy in a post on Reddit.

As well as the obvious performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, growth hormones and everything else on the WADA list of banned substances, ESL announced they would also be banning the use of marijuana during competitions - rustling a few feathers in a culture that is more associated with recreational drug use than most other athletics communities.

After all, as revealed in an interview with Gameplayer, Alex Walker, the tournament...

Rate this article: 
Region: 
Germany
Australia

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


URL: 
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/professional-video-gamers-to-be-tested-for-marijuana-in-doping-crackdown-10459020.html

420 Intel is Your Source for Marijuana News

420 Intel Canada is your leading news source for the Canadian cannabis industry. Get the latest updates on Canadian cannabis stocks and developments on how Canada continues to be a major player in the worldwide recreational and medical cannabis industry.

420 Intel Canada is the Canadian Industry news outlet that will keep you updated on how these Canadian developments in recreational and medical marijuana will impact the country and the world. Our commitment is to bring you the most important cannabis news stories from across Canada every day of the week.

Marijuana industry news is a constant endeavor with new developments each day. For marijuana news across the True North, 420 Intel Canada promises to bring you quality, Canadian, cannabis industry news.

You can get 420 Intel news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our daily marijuana news, ensuring you’re always kept up to date on the ever-changing cannabis industry. To stay even better informed about marijuana legalization news follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.