Tyrone legend and asthma sufferer Peter Canavan has questioned the GAA's involvement with the Irish Sports Council's anti-doping code after Kerry star Aidan O'Mahony failed a drugs test due to the use of salbutamol. Salbutamol is used to treat asthma, but is a banned substance, and Canavan believes amateur GAA players shouldn't be subjected to the Sports Council's rigorous anti-doping code. He said: "I don't think it is fair. There is a list of medications that fall under the remit of banned substances. Some of those substances are things like aspirin. Asking amateurs to be aware of all these things seems a bit much." Canavan revealed that he continued to use inhalers after the GAA signed up for the anti-doping code seven years ago. "We were told that we had to let the team doctor Seamus Cassidy know what we were taking, no matter how trivial it was. "At the start of the year, I would have told him what I was taking so it was okay for me to take it. But we knew how strict it all was. "I could have been taking a certain inhaler, and the doctor wasn't aware of that change. I would have been liable for suspension." Tweet

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