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Shift steroid testing dollars from students to cops

Kuff criticizes the high-school athletics steroid testing that this blog has derided since its inception, noting that "About 50,000 tests since February 2008 have found only about 20 confirmed cases of steroid use." Chuck opines that the program at one point cost $3 million per year before it was scaled back in reaction to reports of its ineffectiveness. "It?s now down to $750K," he says, "Which ought to be the first thing erased from the budget next biennium, since clearly we?re spending all that money on a non-problem."I certainly understand that sentiment. I'd suggest, though, that funds for steroid testing not be eliminated entirely but instead redirected to an area where we know there's a much more significant problem than in high school sports: Steroid use among law enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).