I'm as happy as anyone to stick the boot into Wigan but I fail to see what they have done wrong in this case. As far as I can see they have merely employed a good rugby league player who had the temerity to score some tries.
Hock did something stupid, he served his time, let the lad play. Have we learnt nothing from the Terry Newton situation?

Must say, as a Wigan fan im quite shocked and plesantly surprised at the amount of fans on here who can see the bigger picture, that Gaz has turned his life around. There is hope for Rugby League fans afterall

Completely agree, he should be allowed to play on after what he did but he didn't serve his time...

He had a BAN that had a time scale on it, he was BANNED from all sports, training or playing yet he was allowed to return to training so that he was "up to speed in a team sport". That is wrong IMO, a ban should be a ban and it stipulated that it included training. If that means he has to come back raw and untrained then so be it.

did he need rehabilitating? it is my understanding he had a bit of charlie with some mates and got caught out. hardly smacks of regular use/life shattering addiction.
he was a naughty boy, who is only sorry because he got caught. hes not an addict, hes just fallible and fancied a bit of adventure, which happened to take the form of recreational drugs, which being honest im sure most us have tried in one form or another, thats a point i make outside of any particular moral judgements on the matter. he doesnt need 'rehabilitation' he just needs to learn his lesson. Which is dont take recreational drugs if your a professional sports man as you may well be tested. Again i make that point in the abscence of a particular moral judgement, as i will neither openly condone or condemn recreational drug taking in itself. Thats a choice for informed grown ups to make on their own.
Gareth Hock has not undergone "successful rehabilitation" hes (hopefully) just grown up and applied some common sense to his particular circumstances as a professional athlete.
the man has served his time and hopefully learned the aforementioned lesson.

As you can proberly tell im VERY anti-drugs. I dont blame Wigan for the situation, theyve been told Hocks banned for 2 years and stuck by him and are now already reaping the rewards of having a very talented player back at the busieness end of the season. My problem is with the people who issued the ban, whoever that may be (RFL?). Personnelly I believe proven drugs use, where the player in question has fully known what he has took, should equal a life time ban. I dont care if youre losing your source of income, you should have thought of that being sniffing stuff up your nose. Im sure plenty of builders of plasterers are needed in Beech Hill.

. A wire fan complains about drug cheats with a profile picture of Andrew Johns. he probably has a picture of Curtis Warren on his bedroom wall.

you've got andrew johns in your avatar you clown

Gotcha.

and another.

From memory some of the reports at the time implied it was a bit more than "a bit of charlie with some mates"

I don't know Gareth and I don't know how prone to addiction he is but if you look up the definition of "rehabilitate" I think it is appropriate in his case. I think some of the conditions set by Wigan fit the term also.

Hock is not a drugs cheat as he was not using a performance enhancing drug, he was a moron for taking a class A illegal drug, he has served his ban and is now being given a second chance, which everyone deserves.