He's a professional sports person and IS thereore by that nature looked upto by Children, thus he DOES have a social resposibility in staying "clean" playing a family sport more than "Joe Bloggs".
If he chooses to become a bum and take drugs then he can do so outside the sport as other people do and stay out the public eye.

A life ban for any professional sports player dabbling in drugs is justified for me as he's indirectly supporting the drugs industry by buying it thus helping keep the scum that sell this crap on mine and your streets (with the associated problems EVERY town & city now has because of it).

having lectured in the subject for 8 years I can assure you I am right, what procedures the police take is down to them but it is still possession of a class a substance, the case law is there and in place.

think he was referring to hock actually

in the 60's and 70's the hippies were on acid

then in the late 80's and 90's the ravers were on extacy

now, you'd be surprised how many youngsters are "white liners!"

especially the young girls, wish i had a pound for every stupid girl who says " i do it, cos it keeps me thin"

A great post indicating the bigger issue that some seem to think is bizarrely irrelevant and of no consequence.

Not wishing to defend him or any other players that fall into the Charley trap but I can understand why they do it .

As full time professional athletes they cant go out and get rat ar$ed like we can , so they choose another option to have a good time , be it weed or coke to get off their face .

It just shows how random the drug tests are when an experienced International who knows the risks thinks its worth taking a chance and hope that they dont get caught .

Is it worth it for one nights so called pleasure buzz ?

.....you can understand why people take cocaine????? Just say no