Friday, October 26, 2007

Viagra, other drugs, found in Cousins' car

PRESCRIPTION drugs including diazepam, OxyContin and Viagra were found in the car that former AFL star Ben Cousins was driving when he was arrested, West Australian police say.
WA Assistant Commissioner for Special Crimes, Wayne Gregson, said police had today dropped the one drug possession charge against the sacked West Coast Eagles midfielder on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Mr Gregson said a diazepam, or Valium, pill was found on Cousins, but the DPP said it was only a prohibited drug if in a liquid, injectable form.
But he said several other drugs were also found in the car, in which there were also two passengers.
"The following drugs were seized from the vehicle: OxyContin, which is a prohibited drug, diazepam, Viagra ... and a $20 note which preliminary indications and analysis show traces of MDMA, which is ecstasy and cocaine," he said in Perth.
OxyContin is the brand name for oxycodone, an opioid analgesic painkiller.
Cousins, 29, was sacked by the West Coast Eagles on Wednesday, a day after being charged with possessing a prohibited drug.
He was also charged with refusing to take a driver assessment test after being pulled over for allegedly driving erratically.
Cousins appeared briefly in Perth Magistrates Court yesterday, when the case was adjourned for three months so that he could return to drug rehabilitation in the US.