California considers testing high school students for steroids

[Kadie]

California considers testing high school students for steroids

Published 12:59 pm PDT Wednesday, April 21, 2004
A California lawmaker has introduced bills to ban the sale of some performance-enhancing substances to minors and to mandate steroid testing of high school kids by 2006-2007. But finding the money to make testing a reality will be difficult in the cash-strapped state.

State Sen. Jackie Speier said Wednesday that school districts will not be asked to pay for the tests, which can cost up to $125 each. She hopes money can come from the state, federal anti-doping agencies or even private foundations.

"We're going to use whatever creative financing we can or whatever persuasion we can to get testing into the schools," she said. "If you ban and don't test, you don't have any real results. I don't want to do something that is not worth the paper it is written on."

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted using steroids during his bodybuilding career. He was a young man at the time, and the drugs were not yet illegal. And while no one in the governor's office would comment yet on the bills, a spokeswoman stressed that Schwarzenegger believes children should not use steroids or other performance-enhancing substances

more... http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/ca/story/8990747p-9916832c.html

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. The Gropenator could really help with this one..

He could educate them all on the warning signs.

[Kadie]

2. Do Calif schools test for other drugs?

I can understand the awareness programs, and teaching kids about the risk factors, but actual drug tests?

I think I would rather take my child to his/her own doctor if I thought there was a problem rather than have the school test them.

[buddy22600]

3. if they do, they need to test ah-nuld first