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Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has blasted the AFL's drugs policy for leaving players open to blackmail in the wake of Bailey Smith's suspension - and made the startling claim that as many as 25 per cent of the league's footballers have used illegal substances.
Bulldogs superstar Smith was suspended for two matches on Thursday after photos and video of him taking an illicit drug emerged.
One image showed the 21-year-old midfielder holding a small bag full of white powder, while the video showed him snorting a substance in a nightclub.
Both were taken late last year, after the Bulldogs lost the grand final to Melbourne - with the defeat seeing him 'spiral out of control' and take leave from football.
Bailey Smith was hit with a two-week suspension after a photo (pictured) and video footage of him with illicit drugs emerged. McGuire said up to 25 per cent of all AFL players could be put in the same position, with disastrous consequences for the game's integrity
The former Pies president asked how vulnerable to blackmail a player would be if he was confronted with a similar incriminating photo on the eve
