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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
It honestly makes me sad how much substance abuse there is in this league. I think it all starts in Canadian Major Junior and that's ****ed. While stories of guys overcoming these things, like Ferland, McGrattan, Ribiero, and Fleury are nice, you'd wish there were no stories at all. The majority of NHL teams probably have a few problem kids and it seems they all came up through Major Junior... the problem is cultural.
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I would presume the percentage of users in the NHL is fairly similar to those in the general population in that age group... Some might argue higher because of their income, but I think it may only be the frequency that changes with income.
You have given a few examples. Do you have evidence though that it is a serious problem and the numbers are drastically different than general pop? I think it would be unusual if we never heard of any cases whatsoever.