amber_fluid wrote:JK wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:I saw a tweet or an article by Grant Thomas saying that the AFL should have done more to help Ben, which is ridiculous... Ben needs to want to help himself and if doesn't than the family (who have been put through hell because of him) need to put him in a facility which won't allow him to leave for a long period of time...
Another sad aspect the Ben Cousins saga is that this bloke is considered a god still by a lot of people..
The fact that I have seen people who openly bag goode people but on the same hand defend Ben to the end.
I think there's some schools of thought out there, that the AFL has it's drug policy wrong in the area of not informing the clubs when a player has failed a drug test. Obviously thats not going to cast a fool-proof net, because a player might not test positive. But if they do, and the club is made aware of it, the club can then work with the player on it and hopefully prevent it becoming a full blown threat to the players life (and those around him).
Obviously there's no guarantee this would have saved Ben Cousins from the path he's taken, but even if there's a small chance of "maybe", then personally I think it's something worth being in place.
Everyone is looking at this from the wrong angle..............the only person Ben has to blame is himself!!
It's not your employers responsibility when you cry foul of the law.
I don't see it as looking at it from the wrong angle - I don't think anyone would view Ben's problems (or those of any other junkie) as being problems caused by anyone but themselves.
Drugs are a scourge on society, and it's only going to get worse and worse, so society is always going to need to try and find ways to help get people off the gear before it irreparably damages lives. Of course no system can force an individual to get off it, but I think there needs to be systems in place to try and help.
