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Pie coach wants drugs trust

Adam Cooper Nathan Buckley hopes he's close enough to his players that he could discuss drug use.

AFL's illicit drugs policy needs an overhaul, says McGuire

Adam Cooper Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has called for the AFL's illicit drugs policy to be overhauled, claiming the system can no longer deal effectively with the drug problem.

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Contentious drugs loophole to be closed

Adam Cooper AFL players will soon no longer be able to self-report their drug use to the league with impunity.

Magpies keen to work with clubs, AFL to fight drugs

Adam Cooper and Will Brodie Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says Pies want to encourage other clubs to address problem.

Dons feel the strain

Adam Cooper and Matt Murnane Skipper Jobe Watson admits Bombers stressed and flat during a turbulent past six weeks.

AFL

AFL says no power to strike deal with ASADA

Adam Cooper Andrew Demetriou confirms league inquired how players might beat two-year suspension.

Call to reveal drug users

Adam Cooper AFL's investigator and one of Australia's leading sports administrators agree this will safeguard against corruption.

Keep drug offenders' names secret: players

Adam Cooper and Samantha Lane AFL players' union says proposal ''unnecessary and inappropriate''.

AFL

Call to ban alcohol ads in TV sports

Adam Cooper A Greens senator pushing for gambling advertising to be banned in the AFL, also wants the promotion of alcohol tbe outlawed in sports broadcasts.

Lions are treating drug use allegations 'very seriously', Voss says

Adam Cooper BRISBANE Lions coach Michael Voss admits he cannot guarantee allegations of drug use levelled at his former teammates are untrue, but says his club is trying to distinguish between "what's fact and...

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Puzzled Newbold backs AFL boss

Adam Cooper Jeff Kennett's successor as Hawthorn president says the AFL has made some puzzling rulings.

VFL midfielder banned two years for doping

Adam Cooper A VFL player has had his suspension for taking a banned performance-enhancing drug found in a supplement increased from nine months to two years.

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AFL to go in hard to curb drug use

Adam Cooper AFL clubs will have their staff audited, sports science staff registered and be instructed to undertake mandatory reporting of any doping issue in an attempt to stamp out widespread illegal drug use...

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Watters backs medicos

Adam Cooper St Kilda coach committed to letting club's doctors have final say on players' health issues.

AFL urges clubs: employ integrity officers

Adam Cooper AFL CHIEF executive Andrew Demetriou has urged clubs to employ their own integrity officers ahead of bolstering coaching panels in a bid to eradicate the problems similar to the supplement scandal...