Florida to start steroids testing in high school
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Lynne Sladky / AP file Florida Gov. Charlie Crist throws a football after signing a bill mandating that all elementary school students must have at least a half-hour of daily physical education at the Miami Dolphins training camp in Davie, Fla. on May 17. Crist played quarterback on his high school football team.
Athletes who refuse to give urine samples would be kicked off their teams
Updated: 3:51 p.m. ET June 19, 2007
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida high school athletes participating in football, baseball and weightlifting will be subject to random steroid testing under a one-year pilot program Gov. Charlie Crist signed Tuesday.
The Florida High School Athletics Association will supervise the testing. Its membership includes 426 public schools and 224 private schools -- all subject to the law that takes effect July 1.
"I am hopeful that through this legislation we will limit the number of high school students struggling with steroid use," Crist said. "It's our responsibility to teach our children the serious health risks that may be involved. We can help prevent serious health problems and drug abuse later on."
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