Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin, increases alertness, energy, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure for a short time. It is used to treat ADHD, but others take them illegally as a study drug for exams to prevent mental fatigue.

Do you think this type of doping is consider cheating? When you do a 12 hour tournament the final hours is a battle against fatigue. It is hard for most recreational players to go 12 hours without ending up in mental fatigue.

A number of players have been somewhat open about taking drugs of various kinds.

Obviously quite a few smoke pot to relax - the joke being at any given time during the WSOP you go outside an exit and find yourself in a cloud of marijuana smoke as many take a hit on break.

However, others such as Charlie Carroll have discussed periods using various stimulants.

I do not think it should be illegal because such drugs affect everyone in different ways. One drug might focus one players attention but it might render another confused and distracted (whether speed or pot its user dependent). You can only have a general idea of effect and a not precise measurable one.

Besides which, I feel at this point we have become accepting in our overall take on drugs. After all, some get frenetic on multiple cups of coffee and others down alcohol to the the point of getting messy at the felt and no one is going to pull either of those.

I think it all becomes pointless when you think about the rampant use of stimulant in colleges, sports and other areas of competition.. If there's an edge to be had, people will go all-in.

Accepted with high probability.

Hi.
I believe that true professional players will never use stimulants, drugs, or doping. I am convinced that the question of endurance depends only on the physical shape of the player and his experience.
Good luck.

It is possible that players use such stimulants, but I do not think that this will be strictly prohibited.

First, poker is not yet a sport to establish doping control, and second, it has a different effect on a person, there is no guarantee that this will have a positive effect on the player.

Third, even if someone is mentally fresher than the others, this does not give them a great advantage, since poker is not chess, then the cards that you are dealt and the element of luck are more important. Even the smartest one can't do anything if the opponent gets aces.

Originally Posted by Newzooozooo

Hi.
I believe that true professional players will never use stimulants, drugs, or doping. I am convinced that the question of endurance depends only on the physical shape of the player and his experience.
Good luck.

I agree with this. In many things that are mentally competitive like poker (chess comes to mind), the best players usually value nutrition and stay in good physical shape. I think drinking water and trying to remain focused on the poker would do more than substances.