Whatever Essendon players may not have done it is a shadow to the disgusting period of drug abuse by the WCE, during the ignominious reign of their coach John Worsfold. Yes that's right, the rampage of illicit drug taking as this footy club, all took place under the very nose of a person who completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy. And it went on for years, leading to the death of one ex player,Mainwaring, the continued public drug abuse by one of its star players and one time captain, Cousins, the near death of another whilst on an overseas trip, Chad Fetcher, and the endless drug infused shenanigans of another, Daniel Kerr. All under the nose of the head ex honcho the unlamented Demetriou. What an example this episode of illicit drug taking had on WCE players, and AFL players generally eg.
'It was 2006 when All-Australian midfielder Fletcher came close to death while celebrating West Coast's premiership win in Las Vegas. Speculation was rife that he choked on his own vomit after ingesting drugs, but his manager denied there were illicit drugs in his system. And:
By comparison, the issue at Essendon is a mere blip, blown out of all proportions, initially by the Federal Labor Party to bolster its tarnished political image at that time when it declared.
