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Big Texas Steroid Sweep Nets 2 Students

Posted Jul 23, 08 6:01 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Texas’s $6-million program to test high school athletes for steroids found two students out of 10,117 were using the drugs, the AP reports. Supporters called the testing, the country's largest, a deterrent, but critics see it as a waste of taxpayer money. About 45,000 students will be tested over two years. The two students caught were multi-sport athletes, but authorities did not say which sports they played.

Sources Associated Press, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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A multimillion dollar Texas program uncovered only two high school students using steroids.   (Shutterstock)
The first wave of steroid testing among Texas high-schoolers found two students in violation.   (Shutter Stock)
Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, right, talks with a colleague after passage of his steroid testing legislation during the session in the Texas House of Representatives Monday, May 28, 2007, in Austin, Texas.   (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)
High school athletes sign a pledge to stay clean during a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Friday, July 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)
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