Texas Senate votes to scrap high school steroids testing

Texas lawmakers want to get rid of the state’s high school steroid testing program.

The Senate voted to scrap the program after more than 60,000 tests caught just a handful of cheaters since 2007.

The state has spent more than $10 million since the start of the program and the high cost and low rate of catching steroid users prompted lawmakers to abandon all efforts.

The bill entered the House today for consideration before the June 1 end of session. Lawmakers are also separately looking to strip out all funding for the program.

If Texas dumps its program, New Jersey and Illinois will have the only statewide high school steroids testing programs in the U.S.