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Geelong police have revealed a shocking and disturbing practice emerging from suburban and country football clubs in Victoria – the supply and use of the drug ice as a performance enhancing substance.
Reports emerging from the Herald Sun reveal that players as young as 14 have been supplied with the drug, which is used just minutes before running out onto the field.
The purpose of the endeavour is allegedly to harness the drug’s ability to make an individual feel invincible before facing their opponents.
The danger of consuming the drug then becomes not only the adverse physical effects on the taker, but also the risk for opposing players who have to face an opponent with potentially increased levels of aggression.
Tony Francis of the Geelong police, who is leading the town’s fight against ice, spoke to the media on the extent of the problem.
“We know coaches have given players ice and we know players are using ice as a performance-enhancer.
“We know through police channels that it is being used as a performance-enhancing drug and we know kids in the teenage bracket are using it.
“We know coaches who are giving it to people to enhance their performance. It makes people feel like Superman. They are ready to run through brick walls but there are huge side effects with the paranoia and psychosis it can cause.
“It also affects your heart so there are real medical issues associated with it.”
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