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In his free time, Mac is a member of the Resistance in a galaxy at war. He’ll go into battle for the day, a few hours at least. On other days, the 40-year-old dad is busy with his kids, work, errands and other daily demands.
So when he finds the time, he spends it smoking cannabis and playing video games. In the last few weeks, he’s been hooked on “Star Wars Battlefront II”, an EA Sports game inspired by the Star Wars movie franchise.
The Philadelphia native, who now resides in Burbank, reached for his vape pen.
“I’m a Star Wars fan,” he said as he took a toke. “This game takes me to a place where I am a Jedi.”
This day he’s playing as Rey.
“I smoke a little bit before and during the game. It mellows me. It gets me in a [good] mood,” he added.
Ify, 32, from Highland Park, finished setting up his camera to go live on Twitch, a social video streaming app where people watch people play video games. He has been streaming on Twitch for over six years.
“It started as a little thing and it blew up when I started doing more video game content,” he said as he logged into the game.
When he’s not playing video games, he’s also running around after his kid or creating content through his comedy, writing and acting. But gaming, he shared passionately, is something he’s done his entire life.
“It’s something that I thought that I’d always be doing,” he said. “But not that I would be making money from it. Definitely not. My dad didn’t think that either.”
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According to Ify, despite the relaxation cannabis offers when combined with gaming, pro gamers aren’t allowed to use cannabis during the events or tournaments. Pro gaming tourneys also like the Electronic Sports Leagues, ESL, follow the same rules and regulations as actual sports by the World Doping Agency. Cannabis is listed on the organization’s list of banned substances. Although, scientifically speaking, cannabis hasn’t been pegged as a performance-enhancing drug, gaming officials think it is, making cannabis and gaming a touchy and controversial topic (1).
According to WDP’s guidelines for ESL, saliva tests are administered to ensure the participants are not under the influence of cannabis during events/competitions. Another gaming organization, Major League Gaming, also prohibits cannabis use.
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Ify said he thinks that some people perceive cannabis as “performance-enhancing.” But as the Esports and professional gaming scene continues to ramp up and more funding for cannabis research underway, the question Ify is most curious about is, “If cannabis has so many benefits does it automatically violate performance-enhancing policies?”
According to researchers, “cannabis is portrayed as a substance with detrimental effects on performance.” However, scientists have also suggested, documents show, that cannabis does reduce anxiety, which in turn could help alleviate stress and pressure during competition.
Cannabis, Mac explained, for him when he uses cannabis while playing his favorite games, enhances his sensations, imagination, memory and perception of time. Ify also shared the same opinion.
While Mac is more of the cannabis type, Ify shared that there are times after playing for hours upon hours at a time, he sometimes opts for an alternative to cannabis —CBD.
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Gaming and cannabis go together like peanut butter and jelly, rice and beans, fish and chips — well you get the picture. The long time companions have been known, by its users, to create a euphoric experience depending on the type of cannabis strains and the way it is consumed.
So what type of cannabis are gamers smoking? It depends.
There are a variety of cannabis options that include — indicas, salivas or hybrids in the form of flowers, pre-rolls, cartridges, tinctures, edibles and more.
Depending on his mood, Ify said he prefers using Sativa during a marathon gaming session. But when he’s just relaxing, he prefers an Indica.
Smoking an indica may or may not put the player to sleep if used in gaming and great to relieve stress —the chill late-night gaming with couch-lock and munchies.
Mac said he prefers an indica at night, but Sativa during daytime gaming. Sativa is more of a cerebral head high, although euphoric, it is less sleep-inducing and more energizing than an indica.
The Philadelphia native, who now resides in Burbank, reached for his vape pen.
“I’m a Star Wars fan,” he said as he took a toke. “This game takes me to a place where I am a Jedi.”
This day he’s playing as Rey.
“I smoke a little bit before and during the game. It mellows me. It gets me in a [good] mood,” he added.
References—
Huestis, M. A., Mazzoni, I., & Rabin, O. (2011). Cannabis in sport: anti-doping perspective. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 41(11), 949–966. https://doi.org/10.2165/11591430-000000000-00000
Russo E. B. (2008). Cannabinoids in the management of difficult to treat pain. Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 4(1), 245–259. https://doi.org/10.2147/tcrm.s1928
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