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Lawmakers to consider future of steroid testing
[SIZE=-1]Dallas Morning News, TX [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By the tens of thousands, Texas athletes have been pulled out of class to urinate in a cup for the nation's largest high school steroids testing program. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Boys and girls in all sports, from football to tennis to cross country, have been randomly selected. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The results so far have found little to confirm fears that steroid use is a rampant problem. When the first 10,000 tests found only four positive results, critics declared the two-year program a waste of time and money. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Now state lawmakers must decide whether to keep the program chugging along, scale it down or eliminate it. The 2009 legislative session starts Tuesday. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Although the program's $6 million pricetag is a mere .004 percent of the $167 billion state budget, the money could be an easy target for lawmakers strapped for cash in a struggling economy. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1][...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The National Center for Drug Free Sport tested athletes at 195 schools between February and June 2008, covering 12 sports. Football (3,380) and girls' volleyball (835) were the sports most often tested. The UIL will update test results next month. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston, has been a vocal critic of the tests, calling them a "colossal waste of taxpayer money" that could be better spent battling recreational drug and alcohol use among teens. [/SIZE]
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D95JS9000.html&cid=0&ei=ns1nSa6UJt3EmQe-zfTVDA&usg=AFQjCNE-AqTMQsTcgbgduQaoUgCT3oInsg
[SIZE=-1]Dallas Morning News, TX [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By the tens of thousands, Texas athletes have been pulled out of class to urinate in a cup for the nation's largest high school steroids testing program. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Boys and girls in all sports, from football to tennis to cross country, have been randomly selected. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The results so far have found little to confirm fears that steroid use is a rampant problem. When the first 10,000 tests found only four positive results, critics declared the two-year program a waste of time and money. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Now state lawmakers must decide whether to keep the program chugging along, scale it down or eliminate it. The 2009 legislative session starts Tuesday. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Although the program's $6 million pricetag is a mere .004 percent of the $167 billion state budget, the money could be an easy target for lawmakers strapped for cash in a struggling economy. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1][...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The National Center for Drug Free Sport tested athletes at 195 schools between February and June 2008, covering 12 sports. Football (3,380) and girls' volleyball (835) were the sports most often tested. The UIL will update test results next month. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston, has been a vocal critic of the tests, calling them a "colossal waste of taxpayer money" that could be better spent battling recreational drug and alcohol use among teens. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D95JS9000.html&cid=0&ei=ns1nSa6UJt3EmQe-zfTVDA&usg=AFQjCNE-AqTMQsTcgbgduQaoUgCT3oInsg
