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Mick Warner opens up on Essendon drug scandal revelations

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Herald Sun reporter Mick Warner has opened up on the story revealing damaging revelations about the Essendon drug saga from 2013.  Warner, who broke the story on Tuesday night, revealed that the drug that sparked the Essendon supplements scandal, Thymosin Beta-4, was only listed as a banned substance the day before the Bombers "self-reported" to the AFL in February 2013, which was several months after the injections stopped.  "On that Monday February 4th 2013, before Essendon 'self-reported' to the AFL, someone from ASADA between 2:34 am and 12:59 pm altered or changed the status of Thymosin Beta-4," Warner said.  "So previous to that if you checked the ASADA website with that drug, it would just say nothing and wouldn't recognise it. However, after February 4th, the website would would say this it was banned from the sport."  "However, ASADA said yesterday that this isn't relevant because the drug has always been banned under WADA." However, even with these revelations coming out, Warner