Australian Football League Players Record Increase In Positive Hair Tests

The Australian Football League’s overhaul of its illicit­ drugs code "starts on Thursday with players having recorded an increase in positives from last summer’s hair-testing," according to Jon Ralph of the HERALD SUN. Club chiefs armed with evidence of that spike in positives "continue to push for a two-strikes drug policy" for '16. Some clubs "were warned of alarming numbers of positive hair tests among their players, while others have almost no problem in the off-season." Of the 18 clubs, 15 "had a player report a positive hair test over the summer but there is a huge fluctuation between the results at clubs." The figure "is far less than the proportion of positive hair tests for drugs in the general community," which studies put at 30-40% (HERALD SUN, 6/1).