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Also tucked away in Dr Hardcourt's presentation was this little gem:
Three AFL players have retired due to drug addiction and it has also been revealed other players were temporarily withdrawn from play while being treated for drug use.
The revelations are contained in a presentation the AFL's medical director Dr Peter Harcourt made last year, which came to light as part of Essendon and James Hird's Federal Court action against ASADA.
Dr Harcourt made the statements at a FIFA anti-doping sports conference in Zurich when informing the audience about the AFL's Illicit Drug Policy in a presentation titled The AFL's alternative approach to managing illicit drug use.
He told the audience there were several issues the AFL had confronted since introducing the policy in 2005. They were:
- Three athletes experienced drug induced psychotic reactions due to use of illicit substances
- Three athletes retired because they weren't able to control their addiction
- One athlete had three strikes
- Three athletes who have had to withdraw temporarily because of substance abuse issues that needed to be treated
- Five athletes who have used their illicit substance use as a means of treating their psychiatric symptoms
- Five athletes with attitudinal and personality type issues
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-03/addiction-forces-players-out.workstation
Three AFL players have retired due to drug addiction and it has also been revealed other players were temporarily withdrawn from play while being treated for drug use.
The revelations are contained in a presentation the AFL's medical director Dr Peter Harcourt made last year, which came to light as part of Essendon and James Hird's Federal Court action against ASADA.
Dr Harcourt made the statements at a FIFA anti-doping sports conference in Zurich when informing the audience about the AFL's Illicit Drug Policy in a presentation titled The AFL's alternative approach to managing illicit drug use.
He told the audience there were several issues the AFL had confronted since introducing the policy in 2005. They were:
- Three athletes experienced drug induced psychotic reactions due to use of illicit substances
- Three athletes retired because they weren't able to control their addiction
- One athlete had three strikes
- Three athletes who have had to withdraw temporarily because of substance abuse issues that needed to be treated
- Five athletes who have used their illicit substance use as a means of treating their psychiatric symptoms
- Five athletes with attitudinal and personality type issues
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-07-03/addiction-forces-players-out.workstation
