27 Sep 2018

The murky world of drugs and sport in New Zealand

From Afternoons, 1:21 pm on 27 September 2018

Over the past decade or so some athletes have been banned from their sports for up to a decade simply for using cannabis, or being prescribed the wrong kind of medication by a doctor. Stuff sports journalist Dana Johannsen has been chronicling some of those stories - and the often lukewarm responses of officials - in a new series for the website, "Who are you calling a cheat?"

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