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http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2111624
Updated: July 19, 2005, 2:53 PM ET
Gov. Codey: Steroid use is 'public health crisis'
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. -- Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey signed an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to study steroid use in the state's high schools.
An avid sports fan and youth basketball coach, Codey identified steroid use among student athletes as "an emergent public health crisis," and said his order puts New Jersey at the forefront of addressing it.
"Sports teach about teamwork and fellowship, leadership and discipline, and good clean competition," Codey said. "Steroid use, however, is threatening this safe outlet."
Codey's order authorizes the task force to study the scope of the steroid problem and to develop a statewide policy.
The acting governor plans to evaluate the task force's findings before signing a bill on random testing of student athletes for drug use. Random drug testing is allowed in New Jersey schools, but the legislation would provide uniform guidelines for districts implementing drug testing programs and would limit actions schools could take when students test positive or refuse to be tested.
Sen. Nicholas Sacco, a Hudson County Democrat and a school administrator who sponsored the legislation sitting on Codey's desk, said he applauded the governor's commitment to tackling the problem of steroid abuse in schools.
The task force includes Sports Illustrated writer Peter King, Rider University athletic trainer Timothy Lengle, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Timothy Hosea, and Lisa Brady, a Hunterdon County school administrator who helped develop one of the first student drug testing policies in the country.
The task force has until Dec. 1 to submit its report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2111624
Updated: July 19, 2005, 2:53 PM ET
Gov. Codey: Steroid use is 'public health crisis'
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. -- Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey signed an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to study steroid use in the state's high schools.
An avid sports fan and youth basketball coach, Codey identified steroid use among student athletes as "an emergent public health crisis," and said his order puts New Jersey at the forefront of addressing it.
"Sports teach about teamwork and fellowship, leadership and discipline, and good clean competition," Codey said. "Steroid use, however, is threatening this safe outlet."
Codey's order authorizes the task force to study the scope of the steroid problem and to develop a statewide policy.
The acting governor plans to evaluate the task force's findings before signing a bill on random testing of student athletes for drug use. Random drug testing is allowed in New Jersey schools, but the legislation would provide uniform guidelines for districts implementing drug testing programs and would limit actions schools could take when students test positive or refuse to be tested.
Sen. Nicholas Sacco, a Hudson County Democrat and a school administrator who sponsored the legislation sitting on Codey's desk, said he applauded the governor's commitment to tackling the problem of steroid abuse in schools.
The task force includes Sports Illustrated writer Peter King, Rider University athletic trainer Timothy Lengle, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Timothy Hosea, and Lisa Brady, a Hunterdon County school administrator who helped develop one of the first student drug testing policies in the country.
The task force has until Dec. 1 to submit its report.