Last month, a number of eSports leagues announced plans to institute drug tests designed to clamp down on the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) during tournaments. One such league, ESL, has now announced more details of what isn't allowed under its new drug testing regime, including one substance that doesn't exactly pop to mind when PEDs are discussed: marijuana.
ESL is using a list of prohibited substances provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency for its new test procedures. That list includes natural and synthetic cannabinoids in a set of drugs that are "prohibited in-competition," separate from those that are prohibited from all use at any time.
As such, ESL says in its announcement that "recreational use of [marijuana] outside (before) the event days will not be punished. Using it during the tournament—from the start of the first day until the end of the last day of competition—is strictly prohibited."
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