Why is Stilnox still legal?
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Was she hurt? I havenāt heard anything about that
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This 100%.
Along with about a 100 other drugs that are on the market. It takes a fentanyl like disaster before any controls come in.
We pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a game they choose to play.
I would say most donāt ask them to be super human - more that they be decent humans, in a very public role.
Rosso. Please. WTF are you implying?
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Some day, people will realise that internet life is still ālifeā, and they are responsible for their actions.
What ever is implied is not really any of our business. Whether it is a rumour or not, l want to hear no part of it. Otherwise we become no better than the hordes of malicious gossip mongers thronging to pass comments on social media.
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Gill will be scratching his head, and wondering, what will we do now? It may force the AFLās hand in terms of the mental health and wellbeing of current and past AFL players and staff.
I have my fingers crossed and I am hoping the AFL fund the AFLPA to run compulsory programs at all the AFL clubs and educate everyone not just players, about the importance of Mental and Emotional health and wellbeing and how important it is for everyone. Come on Gil and Gary its time.
Our wealth is our health and wellbeing.
Reckon the AFL, AFLPA and the Clubs do a lot better on the mental health front that our society in general.
In my view, Governments need to do more, but I have to commend them for addressing the issues of not enough support and the causal issues. Sadly, I reckon, if Majak Daw was not high profile it would be a mere one liner in the news.
So we all need to look around in our family and friends and ask the hard questions.
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Iād almost guarantee that AFL staff (players, club staff etc) have better access and education regarding mental health than 99% of Australians.
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It would change my level of sympathy.
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Maybe itās not the AFL thatās put him in a bad place, itās just not known and doesnāt need to be by the public.
Itās AFL though which has made his story front page news.
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Iām sure youāre right.
Quite aside from the fame/rolemodel thing, thereās some aspects of AFL life thatād be problematic when it comes to mental health though. Obviously in any club thereās a culture of toughness, of pushing through the pain and not complaining, which is great on the field and on the training track but is pretty problematic when it comes to mental health issues. And thereās the cut-throatedness of the industry. Every player knows theyāre only a bad season or two away from the end of their AFL careers, and knowing this it may discourage them from seeking help of asking for time away from the game if they need it. Hopefully this attitude is changing, as we saw with how EFC handled Francisās situation. but Franga is a very young highly talented kid and can be confident the club would stick by him. How would EFC have managed things if it was Long or Jerrett or someone? Iād like to say theyād have probably given a less in-demand player the same consideration, but how confident in this would a fringe player fighting for his list spot have been, asking for a few months off to get his head straight?
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Stopping the use of Stilnox in AFL clubs would be a good start.
That stuff is evil and makes people do all manner of things they wouldnāt normally do.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/stilnox-side-effects-worse-in-australia-20080221-gds1wu.html
Remember the Australian Olympic Swim Team had problem with Stilnox a few years ago and former swimmers sometime later.
Was it Hackett who went nuts?
Maybe he would have been better off playing AFL footy in the South Sudan.
Does being left in a wheelchair at an airport drooling like a bloodhound count
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Will you explain that, or are you off your face as usual?
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Or wearing a singlet as pants walking through Crown Casino, or turning over your entire unit in crown including a Piano?
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