binary solo said:
Why is it silly? If smoking gives a distinct advantage then it makes it an unlevel playing field. It's not different to taking performance enchancing substances that improve athletic performance. Do you know that giving a race horse a micro dose of fentanyl (an opiate that's about 10x more potent than morphine, which is legal to use for anaesthetic in horses) will make the horse run faster? doping horses prior to racing with micro doses of fentanyl is illegal in horse racing, and winning horses are routinely subject to pee testing for fentanyl. When prize money is on the line such things are serious business. |
Because you can smoke right before the event and it won't show up on your pee test. Also, how is it any different from caffiene? Is caffeine banned? How about ginsing? Taurine? Also some people smoke marijuana to deal with pain or anxiety, it's their medicine. Should we also ban anxiety pills, or mood stabalizers, or pain pills because they can enhance performance in video games? What about adderol? Tons of gamers are prescribed adderol and it makes them play better. You didn't think this through.
Also, I've never agreed with the notion that drugs make people on an unlevel playing feild. If they were good enough (professionals as they're called) they would be able to beat someone even if they were on drugs enhancing their performance.
