Random Drug Testing of Public School Children

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

A high proportion of public school districts have been instituting random drug testing on their high school students much beyond the sanctions set by the U.S. Supreme Court, as per a study led by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE).
From News-Medical.Net:

Nearly all school districts that implemented random drug testing procedures subjected their athletes [...]

BASEBALL NEEDS TO RECOVER AFTER STEROIDS CONTROVERSY

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The union chief Don Fehr and his right hand man Gene Orza must leave the union graciously. The steroid controversy, which was set off when the results of Alex Rodriguez’s use of performance enhancing drugs leaked to the press, had put many of the baseball players’ careers in jeopardy. When Fehr was barraged with questions [...]

SUGGESTIONS ON NEW FIRST OFFENSE PUNISHMENT

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Everybody has their opinion on how the make the Major Leagues a “better place” by implementing stricter rules or by adding blood tests. David Ortiz of the Boston Red is no different. During a recent interview, Ortiz claims that he wants Major League Baseball athletes who yield positive tests to have more severe punishments than [...]

KENT ON STEROIDS AND BASEBALL

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Lately, all you hear about Major League Baseball is the news that this athlete used that steroid or that this player has been named for taking this drug. Jeff Kent of the San Francisco Giants showed his love for baseball in a very effective way— speaking against anabolic steroids during the height of the steroids [...]