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April 23rd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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The World Anti-Doping Agency has added the anti-obesity drug that was allegedly given to some AFL and NRL players to its list of banned substances.
In a statement, WADA says the drug AOD-9604 is automatically prohibited because it has not been approved for human use by any government health authority in the world.
Sports scientist Stephen Dank told the ABC he administered the drug to some players from the Essendon and Melbourne Football Clubs.
The ABC’s 7.30 program obtained a series of text messages spanning more than six months between Dank and Melbourne’s club doctor, Dan Bates.
In August 2012, Bates wrote to Dank about a supplements regime for someone called John.
“Spoke to John, seems happy to be guided by us. I think I would start with PRP + AOD,” the text message read.
The AFL and the Essendon Football Club have been in damage control for the past two months since the story broke about supplements administered by Dank.
So far no other club has been tarnished by the scandal, but the ABC has learned the Demons had a detailed supplements regime which it ran in close association with Dank.
In February, when the news broke about Essendon’s supplements regime, the Demons quickly moved to quash rumours it had employed Dank over the summer.
On February 5, a spokeswoman for Melbourne issued a brief statement to the Herald Sun newspaper, saying “He applied for a job at the club late last year but he was unsuccessful. He has never had any direct contact with the players.”
The ABC reported earlier in April that Essendon coach James Hird and Dank repeatedly discussed details of the substances, the timetable for them to be administered and the players to whom they were given.
In February, 7.30 aired claims by Dank that Essendon coaches and staff were also on their own separate supplements and peptides regime – with some using prohibited drugs.
In that interview, Dank claimed officials and coaching staff at Essendon were fully aware of his supplements program for players.
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Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-23/wada-adds-danks-drug-to-banned-list/4646084
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