Texas and steroid testing
July 10, 2009 @ 4:48 p.m. by Joannaby joanna
A story just came over the Associated Press wire on Texas and steroid testing. Your thoughts?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ steroid-testing program for high schoolers — the nation’s largest — has returned just eight positive results from the latest 16,000 tests.
The University Interscholastic League said the results announced Friday bring to 19 the total cases of steroids use confirmed by 45,000 tests conducted since February 2008.
Given so few positive results, state lawmakers agreed in May to slash spending on the much-touted program from $6 million to $2 million during the next two years.
The latest round of tests conducted from January through May also deemed 62 cases “protocol positives.” That’s when an athlete has an unexcused absence on the day they’re selected for testing or refuses to provide a urine sample.
ks07 says:
July 10th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Glad they take the initiative to test for steroids. I figured more kids would test positive.
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bbfan says:
July 10th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
a missed test should be counted as a positive test, until a tset is given.
The fact they are testing is the reason for the low number of positives. The program would seem to be having the exact effect they should be hoping for. They should not use the fact that the program is effective to cut its budget.
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