After a good deal of discussion, it appears Texas students will submit to a comprehensive battery of drug and dope tests in the near future. To the Daily Texan:
Beginning at an unspecified date this school year, University Interscholastic League high school athletes will have to shed their jackets and sweaters at the bathroom door and empty the contents of their pockets before undergoing a substance test. Once inside the bathroom, students can only rinse their hands with water, no soap allowed.
These are just some of the restrictions that will be implemented under the newly-developed statewide UIL Banned Substance Testing Program, according to details released Wednesday.
The program will test urine samples from 20,000 to 25,000 students for steroids yearly in compliance with a senate bill passed by the 80th Texas Legislature, said Kim Rogers, spokeswoman for the league. Students may be tested more than once in the school year.
The league is testing for anabolic steroid variations programmable into a testing machine, John Hoberman, UT Department of Germanic Studies chair and expert on steroid use said.
"If there is a molecule that hasn't been programmed in the machine, it's not going to show up on the print out," Hoberman said. "It will go unidentified."
Penalties will include a 30 day probation for the first violation, a year suspension from athletic participation for violation #2, and the death penalty (lifetime ban) for the third violation.
In other news, Barry Bonds announced he will not be attending Dallas Carter High School....
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