Ben Cousins’ drug problem

November 9, 2007, 5:01pm,  252 views

Channel Nine has reported that fallen West Coast Eagles star Ben Cousins was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles last week after a five-day cocaine binge.

Cousins was reportedly admitted to the Little Company of Mary hospital, in the suburb of Torrens, and remained there for two days before being discharged on Friday, November 2.

It was during his son’s stay in hospital that Ben’s dad Bryan Cousins told reporters Ben wasn’t missing, as reports had claimed, but was “receiving treatment at an appropriate facility”.

What continues to amaze me about this ongoing saga is that nobody accepts any responsibility. Not Ben, his family, his club or the AFL.

Cousins is entitled to some privacy, but he is also a public figure who has fallen from grace. The club betrayed him and the sport by returning him to the fold before he was rehabilitated. The AFL should be accountable for this mess.