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Andrew Johns arrested in drug bust
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<blockquote data-quote="darwin_23" data-source="post: 141656"><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p>Seriously people need to stop over-reacting to this. A recent (2001) survey suggested that 40% of Australians over the age of 14 have used some form of illegal drugs - I would suggest the statistics for those in the age group and income level of professional sportsman would be a lot higher. That means a huge number of players in the nrl have used illegal drugs at some stage... if you don't believe this you are being incredibly naive. If they get caught they will be dealt with by the court like any other person - I don't buy into this theory that they are meant to be role-models, they are just people doing a job - they make mistakes and if they do the pay the consequences just like anyone else.</p><p></p><p>As crimes go his was rather minor - He wasn't selling drugs to little kiddies, he didn't go out and rape anyone, he didn't go out and beat someone up for no reason.... People will get over this, and he will still go down as one of leagues greats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darwin_23, post: 141656"] Agreed. Seriously people need to stop over-reacting to this. A recent (2001) survey suggested that 40% of Australians over the age of 14 have used some form of illegal drugs - I would suggest the statistics for those in the age group and income level of professional sportsman would be a lot higher. That means a huge number of players in the nrl have used illegal drugs at some stage... if you don't believe this you are being incredibly naive. If they get caught they will be dealt with by the court like any other person - I don't buy into this theory that they are meant to be role-models, they are just people doing a job - they make mistakes and if they do the pay the consequences just like anyone else. As crimes go his was rather minor - He wasn't selling drugs to little kiddies, he didn't go out and rape anyone, he didn't go out and beat someone up for no reason.... People will get over this, and he will still go down as one of leagues greats. [/QUOTE]
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