HEC/News: Wisconsin college to begin drug testing athletes

Wisconsin college to begin drug testing athletes
CNN.com February 8, 2007
By the Associated Press

"The University of Wisconsin-Stout will require athletes to undergo
random drug testing, a response to December police searches that netted
steroids and other drugs from the homes of two football players."

"School officials said Thursday that the football team's 100 players
will be tested this spring for commonly abused drugs such as cocaine and
marijuana, and a quarter will be randomly tested for steroids. Players
in other sports at Wisconsin-Stout will undergo random drug testing
starting in the fall..."

Full article available at http://tinyurl.com/2cxs4q

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