Herald Sun | Suburban and bush footballers are using ice as a performance-enhancing substance, with some getting the drug from their coaches, senior police have revealed.
Footballers are putting their lives in danger by using the drug just minutes before they run on to the field in some cases — often feeling "like Superman".
Abusers are as young as 14 and in some teams, there are as many as nine players on ice, football administrators and police have told the Herald Sun.
Players with heightened levels of aggression are also putting rivals at risk, ending up in tribunals for serious acts like striking, they say.