Lubbock High Schools Start Testing For Steriods
Lubbock High Schools have started to implement the University Interscholastic League steriod testing program. About 90 student athletes in all sports and of both genders at Lubbock High were tested. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is the organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public elementary and secondary schools the state of Texas. The annual testing program will include male and female students in grades 9-12 and throughout all sports, eventually covering roughly 30 percent of all UIL member high schools. Students who tests positive for anabolic steroids will be suspended for 30 days from competing in UIL-sanctioned athletic events. The students are reinstated following a negative result on a subsequent test. Students that fail a drug test a second time will receive a one-year suspension. Failing a third drug tests will result in permanent ban.
Texas Senate Bill 8 of 2007 required the UIL to implement a statewide steroid testing program that would randomly select approximately 40,000 to 50,000 athletes for testing of anabolic steroids.
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