A simple case of the human body going into shock when your asking too much of it, then trying to shut it down
This method has been around for many years.
The doctors are the problem for abusing thier powers of handing out prescribed drugs to players when they dont need them.
Not once has anybody brought this problem up. Club doctors are fully aware of what the players are doing & ignore the problem too where it is today. It is why teens are drinking mothers before games. Its rife in the TAC & lower leagues also.
Very few footballers would need sleeping tablets after a huge day of football pre-game, game, post game, celebrations, late night.
l hope this will open the eyes of the AFL drug problem
But as the saying goes, There are always those who work in labs experimenting on something to get past the drug testing & developing a new method of performace enhancing.
Ben Cousins has committed no illegal offence. His just taking it too a riskier level, It backfired