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And as horrible as that is and I sympathise. Doesn’t give him an excuse to take cocaine. A friend of mine. Her daughter died last May, couple weeks shy of her first birthday. She hasn’t turned to cocaine. I know people cope differently, but he knew full well what he was doing. Be sympathetic on the loss of his child. Not because he took cocaine because of losing his child. Should’ve still been banned.
By all accounts it was a one-off thing completely out of character while he was in a complete whirlwind of emotions. Given that it doesn't in any way serve as performance enhancing etc. I think the FA for once made a sensible decision on this one. If he was in the state he was understandably in at the time already, can you imagine what would've happened if he'd also lost his career over it? Some perspective is needed IMO.