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Also talking about their coke usage. Whoops!
I think a surprisingly large amount of the player base uses cocaine. It's made a return as a popular party drug, and we all know how many NHL players love to party.
Bill Daly commented on it being an issue, and this was back in 2015.
The number of [cocaine] positives are more than they were in previous years and they're going up. I wouldn't say it's a crisis in any sense. What I'd say is drugs like cocaine are cyclical and you've hit a cycle where it's an 'in' drug again. I'd be shocked if we're talking about a couple dozen guys. I don't want to be naive here ... but if we're talking more than 20 guys I'd be shocked. Because we don't test in a comprehensive way, I can't say.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly Comments on Cocaine Use Among Players