What's happening with the AFL's new Illicit Drugs Policy?

The issue of Illicit Drugs Policy (IDP) reform in the AFL remains in limbo after seven months of waiting and increasing scrutiny of the parties involved, and no clear sense of when it might be resolved. An in-principle agreement for a new policy was announced in March by the AFL in conjunction with the AFL Players Association but is yet to be implemented. The AFL and AFLPA said it would be the "toughest in Australian sport" and become operational in 2026 once outstanding matters had been resolved.