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It’s one record the CFL won’t be trumpeting in a press release.

In the third year of its new drug policy, the league already has announced five players who’ve failed doping tests, the most recent offensive lineman Qadr Spooner of the Blue Bombers.

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There were just two positive tests announced in 2017, after four in 2016, which was the first year of the new program.

Spooner tested positive for methasterone, a designer steroid that’s toxic to the liver.

The 26-year-old says he wasn’t aware he was taking it, and hasn’t researched its health risks.

“My main research was trying to figure out what I took that may have had that in it,” Spooner said. “Because I’m not interested in taking steroids.”

Bombers coach Mike O’Shea disagreed with the suggestion the league could do more to educate players on how to avoid dangerous drugs that might be in some supplements.

“You look at the number of people that are testing positive throughout the league in a given year, it’s very, very low,” O’Shea said.

THE OFFENDERS

CFL players who’ve failed drug tests, last three years

2018

OL Qadr Spooner, Winnipeg

REC Seth Coate, Ottawa

RB Marcus Thigpen, Saskatchewan

OL Dan Federkeil, Calgary

OL Bruce Campbell, Saskatchewan

2017

REC Mike Jones, Hamilton

RB/KR Roy Finch, Calgary

2016

LB Marvin Golding, Saskatchewan

REC/KR Brandon Banks, Hamilton

DB Bruce Johnson, Winnipeg

DL Quinn Smith, Calgary