From last year's Statesman:
Legislative budget planners have set aside $3 million, which will allow the University Interscholastic League to test between 20,000 to 25,000 of the state's estimated 740,000 student-athletes. Those tested will come from a randomly selected pool of 30 percent of the state's 1,246 public high schools, making Texas' steroid-testing program the largest in the nation.
Why exactly is this a good expenditure? I know that kids on 'roids is a bad thing but why should taxpayers pay for this. If some high school golfer (I'm not kidding, they're testing all sports and both sexes, er, genders) wants to 'roid up so he can hit it a full 200 yards, shouldn't the parents be the ones who notice the huge head and emotional outbursts and spring for the test. Some reports today are saying that the statistics obtained from the early tests will determine how this is funded. Anybody operating under the assumption it won't be the taxpayer?
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