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A N E W S L E T T E R F R O M T H E N A T I O N A L C E N T E R F O R D R U G F R E E S P O R T, I N C.
VOL III ED. I
OCTOBER 2003
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Oct. 13
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Aurora, IL
Oct. 19-20
Husson College
Bangor, ME
Oct. 21
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, NC
Oct. 23
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Oct. 30
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Nov. 4
BY FRANK URYASZ, PRESIDENT, DRUG FREE SPORT
Let’s play Family Feud.
HOST: ”861 athletic directors were surveyed and asked… name a reason
why your high school isn’t drug testing its athletes.”
TEAM1: “Legal Concerns.”
HOST: ”Show us legal concerns!” (Number 3 answer)
TEAM2: ”Budget constraints.”
HOST: ”Show us budget constraints!” (Number 1 answer)
TEAM2 wins!
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Oct. 11-14
NCAA CSMAS Sanctions Project
Group Meeting
Chicago, IL
This Family Feud dialogue is fictitious. The survey results aren’t. You can find
them at the National Federation of State High School Associations’ Web site
www.nfhs.org/sportsmed.htm.
It’s time high schools get serious about deterring steroid use among their
athletes. A few weeks ago, an Arizona high school suspended 10 of its
football players after they admitted anabolic steroid use. The coach was
quoted in the local paper acknowledging that steroid use is “a broad
problem — not isolated to one particular area.” He’s right.
Oct. 24
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The easy-to-read, easy-to-understand Can You
Win Without Supplements? booklet is still
available for order. Designed to give studentathletes the facts about supplement use, the
guide focuses on providing information in a
professional and objective manner.
Call Drug Free Sport (ext. 20) or order
online at www.drugfreesport.com.
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Phone: (816) 474.8655
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High schools need to stop using “legal concerns” as a reason for not testing.
The U.S. Supreme Court decisions upholding the legality of high school drug
testing in Vernonia School Dist. 47J v. Acton and in Pottawatomie County
v. Earls provide a road map to the development of testing programs that will
pass legal review. High school legal counsel can use these and other state
and federal decisions to craft drug-testing policies all parties will support.
So, what about the A.D.s’ number one concern — money?
Steroid testing traditionally has been more expensive than street-drug
testing. The huge volume of testing for illicit drugs keeps the cost for such
tests low. Further, because no quick/easy screening methodology has been
developed for anabolic-steroid testing, the analysis costs have been significant.
Drug Free Sport has a solution for the high cost of anabolic-steroid testing.
Please read Cindy Thomas’ article in this edition of Insight to learn about
implementing a low-cost steroid testing program. It’s time to start testing
for anabolic steroids, even if it causes a family feud.
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Nandrolone – Dietary
supplements containing
norandrostenedione or
norandrostenediol will cause a
positive test for the metabolites of
nandrolone. This includes Andro
Stat Poppers, Deca Force and 19-Nor
Andro Stack.
2
Stanozolol – Stanozolol is a
veterinary steroid also known as
Winstrol or Winny-V and is easily
detected in sports drug testing.
5
4
Boldenone – Equi-Bolan
and Boldione are two dietary
supplements containing the
precursor to boldenone. Both will
lead to a positive drug test for
boldenone and/or its metabolite(s).
Boldenone is a veterinary horse
steroid.
5
the top
Anabolic Steroids Found
Drug Testing Athletes
3
THAT’S SMART!
UCLA Olympic Lab and Drug Free Sport Partner to
Offer Steroid Testing to All Levels of Sport.
The UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory,
the only laboratory in the United States
accredited by the IOC for anabolicsteroid drug testing, has developed a
high-quality, low-cost steroid test. The
test will be marketed by The National
Center for Drug Free Sport under its
“SMART Drug-Testing“ program.
“The Olympic laboratory at UCLA has
once again taken the lead in the area of
sports drug testing,” according to Frank
Uryasz, president of The National Center
for Drug Free Sport. “In the early 1980s,
UCLA scientists provided the highest
levels of sport with the tools necessary to
reduce athletes’ steroid use. Now, they
bring their steroid research and
detection expertise to all levels of sport.”
Although the SMART Anabolic Steroid
Panel differs from the steroid tests the
UCLA lab conducts for organizations
such as the NFL, NCAA and the USOC,
the test is about one-half the cost of
traditional steroid tests. The low-cost
steroid test targets the anabolic steroids
abused most commonly in collegiate or
high school athletics. These include the
dietary-supplement and prohormone
products that are appealing to young
student-athletes because of their
availability.
Drug Free Sport will work closely with
sports organizations that elect to begin
steroid testing under this new program.
With its well-trained and experienced
staff, Drug Free Sport ensures that the
organization has a credible, written
drug-testing policy, which includes a
description of the actions taken in the
event of a positive drug test. It also
provides administrative oversight of the
specimen collection, transportation and
results-reporting processes. Further,
Drug Free Sport can collect the urine
samples or will train institutional staff on
proper collection procedures for sport
drug testing.
Sports or academic organizations
interested in learning more about the
SMART Anabolic Steroid Panel should
contact Cindy Thomas (ext. 12) or Chris
Guinty (ext. 21) at Drug Free Sport,
816/474-8655. Both will be happy to
answer any questions about this new
and valuable service.
Testosterone – Dietary
supplements with testosterone
precursors, like Andro 100 and
Anotesten, could elevate an
athlete’s testosterone level enough
to cause a positive drug test.
Methandienone – Also known
as Dianabol or D-bol,
methandienone is a synthetic
anabolic steroid, which athletes
use orally.
COMMON
QUESTIONS
ABOUT:
Steroid Definitions
Anabolic steroids became illegal to
use without a prescription, possess
or sell as a result of the Anabolic
Steroid Control Act (ASCA) in 1990.
However, when Congress passed the
Dietary Supplement Health and
Education Act four years later, the
law created a loophole in the ASCA
allowing precursors of scheduled
anabolic steroids to be sold as
dietary supplements. Not only does
this pose a health threat, but it also
has caused drug-testing confusion
among athletes.
Those participating in athletic
competition should know that while
steroid precursors are legal, they are
banned by many sports organizations.
Use of these supplements can lead
to a positive drug test with sanctions
equaling those enforced for the use
of the scheduled substances.
Athletes need to remember that as
far as sport is concerned, whether
something is legal has nothing to do
with whether it is banned. Contact
the Resource Exchange Center at
www.drugfreesport.com/rec.
The National Center for Drug Free Sport, Inc., created Drug Free Sport Insight for athletic trainers, sports administrators and the media to use to educate
athletes and the general public about drug use and testing in sports. For more information about topics listed in Drug Free Sport Insight, to unsubscribe
or provide feedback, contact: Dan Pierce, (816) 512.2328, or [email protected].