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Will the "zombie cigarette" scandal end the careers of the Toyo Carp players?

Hatsuki, Kozono, Yano, Maekawa, and Tamura—are their careers over? I ask this sincerely because, as a foreigner, I don't know how the Japanese public treats or reacts to cases involving drug use, whether the substances are legal or not. Where I live—in the Western—drug use is prohibited, and the reaction would obviously be negative, but players would still get a second chance in the sport. This is especially relevant given that Kozono is a Samurai Japan player and Yano is an elite defender, while the other three, though perhaps having a lower ceiling, are still NPB-caliber players.