Muscle Milk question

Back to the original question, most high schools and state associations don't drug test, do they?

 

Where do they get the money for it?

 

I believe Illinois also has a testing program.

 

I just did a big Sunday enterprise package on steroid use in high school and college athletics, on the heels of a big steroid bust in the area.

I talked to someone at Drug Free Sport and asked about Muscle Milk and he said basically what someone said earlier. Muscle Milk can produce a banned substance which could trigger a positive test. Muscle Milk is not banned, but is advised by Drug Free Sport to consume with caution.

I think if you go to Drug Free Sport's website, they have a list of banned substances in the NCAA. Since that company also does steroid testing for high school associations in Texas, Illinois and New Jersey, many of the NCAA's banned substances are on the high school association's list.

But here's an interesting nugget I recovered while doing the research for the story. Florida and Texas tested for steroids last year, but did NOT test for recreational drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, crack, meth, etc. As someone I talked to said "What do you think kids are doing more of these days, marijuana or steroids?"

A lot of people in Texas considered this past year's testing a big waste of tax-payer's money. And that was only 10,000 or so athletes tested. This next season, they're going to test 40-50,000.

 

There's no doubt Texas did a much more extensive testing program than Florida or N.J.

Texas tests year-round, while Florida and New Jersey only tested prior to the state championships.

Now, the only knock on Texas testing last year was that it began in January/February, after football season. I'll be anxious to see how many more positive tests they have this year, especially since they'll be testing in the heart of football season.

 

More amazing about the Texas Program is that they consulted with Victor Conte to set it up.

 

Earlier this summer they released the results of the Texas steroid testing program. Of roughly 10,000 athletes tested last school year, two came up positive. Program cost several million dollars, so who knows if they'll keep doing it. Supporters of the program say only two were caught because of the program, while others are wondering why millions in taxpayer dollars were spent to catch two high school users.

 

OF course, it wasn't like the testing was random, if I recall...