November 13, 2003
Steriod Testing to Continue
More than five percent of major league players tested this year came up positive for steriods, so testing will continue next year:
But on Thursday, the results came back and proved what many in baseball assumed and what former MVPs Jose Canseco and Ken Caminiti had already admitted.
"Hopefully, this will, over time, allow us to completely eradicate the use of performance enhancement substances in baseball," commissioner Bud Selig said.
MLB said of 1,438 anonymous tests this season, between 5 and 7 percent were positive.
My first reaction is,
this seems to be a long way from the 50% Sports Illustrated claimed Ken Caminiti told them. Of course, as
THG, the testers are always going to be playing catchup with the drug users, especially as designer drugs become more and more common.
I still think this is a bit of an overblown issue. We'll see if usage declines over time. My guess is that players who do abuse steriods will find ways to cover their tracks.
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