Originally posted by Macca19
Recreational Drugs are a lot more common in Young Australians that the majority of society thinks. The amount of people that take or have taken Amphetamines (pills, speed, meth) would be close to equally as common as smoking cigarettes these days. There was a report i read about 2 months ago that stated 1 in 5 aussies in their 20s take pills at least once a month. And thats just the regular users. Then there is the once off users, the once a year users, then there is the meth users, the weed smokers, the coke snorters. All bloody common in todays society. I could easily say that i know more people that regularly take a recreational drug (be that weed, amphets.) than smoke cigarettes. Easily. The days that the only people that took drugs were deros, dole bludgers and losers are over. Loads of people from the right backgrounds, who are quite intellectual, have good jobs, good lives take drugs. Why? Cos they can really. Young Australians like to experiment these days.
It may be sad but its a fact nowadays. Drugs are easily accessable, they cost no more than say 7 or 8 beers at a pub would cost and a lot of young people these days like to experiment. The amount of people that hav tried or take drugs regularly would have tripled if not more than say 10 years ago.
Its hardly a huge shock that they took recreational drugs. Most if not the vast majority of young australians would have taken recreational drugs at some point so i hardly see why footballers and other sportspeople are considered void of these sorta things. Considering the money they make they can afford to take up a habit like this and keep it up regularly whilst still making more money than most 20-somethings.
What they do in their private life is their own business. If they choose to take pills, smoke, snort or whatever then its their choice. However, going to your place of work whislt on these drugs is just plain ridiculous and idiotic. They definately arent the only footballers ever to take pills. Over the past 3 years I would have seen at least 12 AFL footballers (current and ex) on them.
Might be disturbing that recreational drugs are common place in the young society these days but its the truth.