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I still think it's dodgy ground and asking the FA to make the sorts of subjective decisions that they invariably balls up.
Recreational or not, the FA should be discouraging drug use by footballers as, like it or not, they are role models and lauded by millions of kids. If they allow someone to keep playing after taking a recreational drug, even if on compassionate grounds, it makes it look as if it's acceptable, or an acceptable way to deal with issues such as Livermore had.
It's a tough stance, but I think due to the nature of the role of footballers these days it's one that needs to be taken, with the caveat that clubs should then show compassion in terms of the player's contract.
I'm not sure they would gain anything by making an example of someone who has lost a kid though.