cainen said:I think its the non pot smokers that come out and act self righteous. All pot smokers want to do is be left alone and not told what they can or cannot do.
I'm sure most people who participate in illegal activity don't want to be told what they can and cannot do!
Leaving the legalities out of it, if I've paid to go and see my team play football, I'm there to see them play their best. If they are knowingly taking a performance reducing drug then we as fans are the ones being ripped off. I don't care whether it's the clubs or the NRL who clamp down on it, but I think clubs and fans deserve to know they are seeing the best in their players. I'd be just as p**sed off if I found out one of my players had spent the night before a game on the drink or even if they'd spent the night playing their Playstation and got no sleep!
When I was younger I got warned about turning up to work after spending a night clubbing and looking back I don't blame them. They pay me to do a job and I was doing something, in my own time, that was hampering my performance at work.
I do think that a one year ban for a first offence is a bit rough, though. Perhaps a one game suspension and some counselling for a first offence.