According to a recent article, 26 Australian Football League (AFL) players have gone through drug rehab in the last two years. Obviously, there is a major drug problem in the AFL.

Many blame the problem on the quality of drug testing – players have admitted they have used drugs, but the system didn’t catch it. But would better drug testing be enough to eliminate the drug use?

I spoke with a sports medicine doctor who feels that implementing a better drug testing system would catch more players and get them into successful drug rehab, but he didn’t feel it would prevent drug use in the league as a whole.

Preventive measures such as drug education and drug-free workplace programs might be one possible solution. And far less disruptive to the team – not only would fewer players be using drugs, they would also be available for the games instead of trying to find a successful drug rehab program.

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