Kolo Toure Suspended

[Tortilla9 390]

Why has this been posted in the Matthew Harding Stand forum?

Moved.

Newbie error. I was trying to post, listen to a conference call, and text my daughter at the same time. Getting too old to multi-task.

[Term-X 7,891]

Fairly sure that weed is still a banned substance according to uefa even if it's legal in your country or state.

Possibly, considering the players have to be drug free.

Nothing can stop Carlo smoking weed in the dugout though. If we go back to holland in pre-season.

[eldo 868]

Carlo's a smoker, he should have smoked some weed in the dugout during pre-season against ajax.

Carlo quit smoking.

[Term-X 7,891]

Carlo quit smoking.

Exactly. Smoking tobacco can kill you, Cannabis is used medically and studies show it's less harmful than alcohol. So i doubt he would turn down a substance in which he won't get addicted to. Quitting smoking only relates to tobacco, for a good reason. Drinking wine is more damaging to your health than smoking cannabis.

Nutt, D.; King, L. A.; Saulsbury, W.; Blakemore, C. (2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse". The Lancet 369 (9566): 1047. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. PMID 17382831

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/17382831

[- 25 - 167]

I'd agree about the cannabis TX but I can't believe pills, acid and solvents do the same harm as tobacco and less than alchohol.

Anyway back on topic, it's worth noting that he's been banned for a 'specified substance' which could be something quite innocent and only worthy of a short ban.

[Madmax 9,219]

Sucks to be him. I suppose it's a blessing that his brother is still capable of bread winning. How much bread does 221000 £ a week get you?

Takes attention away from us. Good news.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Exactly. Smoking tobacco can kill you, Cannabis is used medically and studies show it's less harmful than alcohol. So i doubt he would turn down a substance in which he won't get addicted to. Quitting smoking only relates to tobacco, for a good reason. Drinking wine is more damaging to your health than smoking cannabis.

Nutt, D.; King, L. A.; Saulsbury, W.; Blakemore, C. (2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse". The Lancet 369 (9566): 1047. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. PMID 17382831

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/17382831

I'm taking up LSD then.

I wonder who'll finish higher, Toure or Man City?

[eldo 868]

Exactly. Smoking tobacco can kill you, Cannabis is used medically and studies show it's less harmful than alcohol. So i doubt he would turn down a substance in which he won't get addicted to. Quitting smoking only relates to tobacco, for a good reason. Drinking wine is more damaging to your health than smoking cannabis.

Nutt, D.; King, L. A.; Saulsbury, W.; Blakemore, C. (2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse". The Lancet 369 (9566): 1047. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. PMID 17382831

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/17382831

Smoking weed together with Carlo, that would be something.

On topic, apparently it was a diet pill.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He isn't a fat bastard though...

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Banned for 6months. From March-September

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/923590/kolo-toure-awaits-fate-over-positive-drugs-test?cc=5739

Thoughts?

[termninja 5,290]

Banned for 6months. From March-September

http://soccernet.esp...gs-test?cc=5739

Thoughts?

Sorry for him, but happy for City

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Big point is.

He misses hardly anything. March to September? That's pre-season + 1 or 2 games of the season.

[Kez 2,727]

Big point is.

He misses hardly anything. March to September? That's pre-season + 1 or 2 games of the season.

Typical! If it was a Chelsea player he would miss August till May

[cfc-meleady 192]

Ridiculous, how can you ban him when there's nothing going on for him to be banned from?

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What a farce. They have to change these to match bans to avoid this.

[Ollie 4,400]

What the fuck, he's gonna be banned then for like 10 games or something? Must admit tho i'm kinda happy for him, it's not like he was doing a Mutu or taking proper category A illegal drugs. A diet pill is pathetic. 6 months is probably fair but it should start from August to March or maybe 1 full season. Man City still achieved everything they wanted this season and some.

Lucky bastard. Why didn't this come out 2 months ago, it's already may...? Weird

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Must admit tho i'm kinda happy for him, it's not like he was doing a Mutu or taking proper category A illegal drugs. A diet pill is pathetic.

Yeah yeah I agree with this a lot.

But come on FA. Find him not guilty then.. Fools.

[Term-X 7,891]

Exactly. Smoking tobacco can kill you, Cannabis is used medically and studies show it's less harmful than alcohol. So i doubt he would turn down a substance in which he won't get addicted to. Quitting smoking only relates to tobacco, for a good reason. Drinking wine is more damaging to your health than smoking cannabis.

Nutt, D.; King, L. A.; Saulsbury, W.; Blakemore, C. (2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse". The Lancet 369 (9566): 1047. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. PMID 17382831

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/17382831

And this is exactly why chelsea fans will be able to smoke weed with the players on july 9th.