Jose Baxter has maintained that he is innocent following a drugs ban after ecstasy was found in his system.
The Football Association gave Baxter a five-month ban, with three of those months suspended, and Baxter can appear in Sheffield United's opening League One match against Gillingham on August 8.
Baxter claims that his drink was spiked on a night out in London, following Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Aston Villa in April.
"Let's face it, if you had a pound every time someone said after failing a drug test that their drink had been spiked, you'd be a millionaire," he told the Daily Mail.
"I probably wouldn't believe it myself if I heard someone else say it but there are actually some innocent people out there. A lot of people have told me about their daughters, their friends, family members who have been spiked and it's not nice.
"It is not just footballers it happens to, it is young kids, young girls. Some people might think it's a joke but it's not. My job was on the line, my career. It is sad to think there are people out there who do it but it is the world we live in nowadays. If you sip the wrong drink by accident, it's in your system."
Baxter joined Sheffield United from Oldham Athletic in 2013.
Jonathan McIntosh
