TEXAS LEARNS NOTHING, JUST AS NEW JERSEY DID BEFORE

REVIEW OF VARIOUS STATE'S POLICIES AND RESULTS

Texas follows New Jersey's 0 for 500 example in the steroids testing of High School athletes with an equally unimpressive 2 for 10,000 rate of catching cheaters.

At a taxpayer cost of $3 million. Great rate of return of public funds invested to mitigate the problem.

I'm sure the testing advocates will make the case that they've scared the kids straight. Or worse, that the kids are on to undetectable substances and they need even more funding and more testing.

How about surprise home tests? The testers can just show up and demand a sample at any time just like the professional do it.

Cause gosh darn it, even two positives are two too many.

It just doesn't seem to me like the process was very coherently though out (rush to judgement was made) and by the tone and direction of the article, I'm not sure you can come to any other conclusion. But I'm sure some of the moralists will do just that.
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THIS FROM THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE:
www.beaumontenterprise.com

PERRYN KEYS: 10,000 steroids tests cost $3 million,
tell nothing
By PERRYN KEYS
July, 2, 2008

So maybe the dog days of summer are here, and maybe
you think school is out.

I hate to break the bad news, but I’m sorry. We all
have to go back to class.

We all have to hear someone explain how two is
suddenly worth more than 3 million.

According to results from Texas’ new high school
steroid tests, only two kids in 10,000 came up
positive this spring.

For this, taxpayers spent about $3 million.
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