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media type="file" key="House Bill Number 6281 (MF).mp3" = = =Summary= Representative Elton Gallegy, a Republican from District 24 in California, proposed this bill, the [|High School Sports Anti-Drug Act]. The purpose of this bill is to provide the states with the funding and supplies to extirpate performance-enhancing drugs (steroid) use in schools. Representative Mark Souder, a Republican from District 3 in Indiana cosponsored this bill.

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====== This bill is designed to catch students in the act of using steroids, and eliminate the rising problem of high school steroid use. To participate in high school athletics, parental consent is needed. When parents sign a form, it will give an "okay" to their child being randomly tested for steroids, and also gives parents a heads up that their child may be randomly tested for steroid use. If passed, federal grants will pay for this bill, and provide the needs and supplies to carry out high school steroid testing due to high costs of steroid testing.

[|What's up with Texas?]
Education systems need to take action instead of just talking about the problem. Texas is taking a stand on steroid use in high school athletics, and recently passed a bill last year. With a 27-3 vote in the senate, and a passed vote in the house. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently signed the bill into action. The details on this [|bill] are that high school athletes are entitled to random steroid testing. This bill inspired Representative Gallegly to propose the High School Anti Drug Act.

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Interesting Facts and Statistics

 * According to the 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 3.9% of national high school students are using steroids. That may not seem like much, but it does matter. For example, California has just about 700,000 high school athletes, which would bring the number of active steroid users to around 20,000.
 * The Centers for Disease Control reported that steroid use in high school students doubled from 1991 to 2003.
 * Don Hooton's son committed suicide due to the depression caused by steroids. Since Hooton's sons school did not test for steroids, he was never caught for the drug use, and therefore he and his family suffered a major loss. Hooton is now working to get schools to support drug testing.
 * Surveys show in schools around the nation, the percentage of steroid users per high school ranges from 3-11%.
 * According to certain surveys, most steroid users are boys, due to the aspiration of being strong and becoming a professional athlete.

Dangers of Steroids
Many students that use steroids don't know the harmful impact it has on their bodies. The good thing is that high schools are trying to educate students on the dangers of steroids, and putting up more rules to become a student athlete.
 * Quick gains of muscle and weight
 * Aggressive Behavior
 * Mood swings
 * Acne
 * Breast growth in boys
 * Facial hair occurrence in girls
 * Deepening of voice in girls

 

Where is the bill now?
This bill has been introduced in the House, and is now currently being referred to committees. This bill still has to be reported by the committees, then voted on in the house and senate. If passed in both Houses of Congress, the bill may either be signed or vetoed by the President. If the President vetoes the bill, Congress can override a veto by issuing 2/3 majority vote in both Houses of Congress.