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CibbuanoDozen positive tests
May 28th 2009 05:39
AFL players have returned 12 positive tests to illicit drugs last year according to figures released by the league on Thursday.
Of the 12, three were for cannabinoids, eight for stimulants and one for a mixture of both.
Two players are now on two strikes after recording a second failed test in 2008.
The number of positive results represents less than one percent of total tests, well down from the four percent of failed tests in 2005 when 472 tests were conducted.
AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said the league is encouraged by the drop in the number of positive tests.
"I think it's been a success in reducing dramatically the number of players taking illicit drugs and in providing help and changing the behaviour of those players," Anderson said.
"Would we like to see a situation where there are no players taking illicit drugs? Absolutely."
"If you compare it against society, this is an incredibly low number of people within a population the size of our player group to be taking illicit drugs."
All players will be tested at least once during 2009, taking the number of tests from 1220 to 1500.
Of the 12, three were for cannabinoids, eight for stimulants and one for a mixture of both.
Two players are now on two strikes after recording a second failed test in 2008.
The number of positive results represents less than one percent of total tests, well down from the four percent of failed tests in 2005 when 472 tests were conducted.
AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said the league is encouraged by the drop in the number of positive tests.
"I think it's been a success in reducing dramatically the number of players taking illicit drugs and in providing help and changing the behaviour of those players," Anderson said.
"Would we like to see a situation where there are no players taking illicit drugs? Absolutely."
"If you compare it against society, this is an incredibly low number of people within a population the size of our player group to be taking illicit drugs."
All players will be tested at least once during 2009, taking the number of tests from 1220 to 1500.
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