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It was just last week when news broke out that Texas has been reconsidering its 6 million dollar anabolic steroid testing program meant to provide random drug testing high school athletes of different sport. The main issue was that the first batch of results had low positive yields. Out of the 10,000 tested, only 4 were proved to be taking performance enhancing drugs. Because of this, Gov. Perry did conclude that steroids use doesn’t appear to be a problem among the youth of Texas and is considering scaling the program back. This has produced different violent reactions, such as one from Dr. Don Hooton, a Texas local.
Hooton is an advocate of the anti-steroids campaign after he lost his son in 2003. Hooton believes that the initial test results aren’t enough to conclude anything. The program was not meant to check if steroid use is a problem. In fact, Hooton even cited a survey of local high school students conducted by Texas A&M back in 2007. The survey suggests that approximately 2% of the students had use steroids. While only 4 of over a thousand tested positive in the recent drug test, Hooton believes that the low outcome is a result of the program itself. The steroid testing program is meant to serve as a deterrent and it has been just that to students. At present, the future of the program is still unsure.
From Dallas Morning News:
“I’m disappointed that stance is being taken before all the results from the field are in,” Hooton said. “I was under the impression we’d get at least one full year of results with football players before there was any recommendation.”
Perry made his remarks during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. His office said the governor has not made any official recommendations for trimming the program.
Perry also said during the interview that he had no issue with leaving some degree of testing in place. But he added, “Do we need to test every kid in every school?”
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