Cocaine is prohibited In-Competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the NRL's Anti-Doping Policy, but incredibly, if Naden can prove he used the drug in a recreational manner, rather than to enhance his performance, he could get away with serving a suspension of up to only three months.<\/p>\n
"One of the more interesting parts of it is, previously we've seen people with cocaine in their system on gameday get years," Weidler told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n "In this instance, WADA has changed the way they view this. From early next year, the way I understand it, if you have cocaine in your system and you test positive, but you can say it was for recreational use, not for performance-enhancing use, then you can get a one-to-three month ban.<\/p>\n "If you go to rehab, it's more likely to be one month more than three. I could be wrong on that, but that's how it has been explained to me."<\/p>\n After admitting to the Panthers that he had used the recreational drug, Naden commenced and recently completed a voluntary rehabilitation program at a private health facility.<\/p>\n According to Weidler, another "layer" to the story for the NRL is trying to figure out how Naden came into contact with the substance.<\/p>\n "If he has breached the bubble, the NRL are going to then have another investigation, which I'm sure they've already launched, to determine exactly how that all transpired," he said.<\/p>\n "None of it is good for Brent Naden unfortunately, and none of it is good for the Penrith club.<\/p>\n "The entire club is going to have to have a look at itself after this because whether they like it or not, it happened on their watch.<\/p>\n "The club has to examine what is going on in their backyard."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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