chanel
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A little more than four years ago, New Jersey became the first state to test high school athletes for performance-enhancing drugs. Since then, the state and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association have spent $400,000 to test about 2,000 student-athletes.
Only one student-athlete has tested positive.
Two other states Texas and Florida have tested high school athletes with similar results.
In Texas, nearly 50,000 tests since February 2008 have found about 20 confirmed cases of steroid use. The program began in 2007 with a $3 million annual budget but since has been reduced to $1 million and was almost eliminated completely this year due to the states budget crisis.
In Florida, only one of 600 students tested positive in 2008. The state ended its testing program in 2009.
Four years of high school steroid testing: $400,000 spent, 2,000 athletes tested, one positive test - pressofAtlanticCity.com: New Jersey News
Can someone help me with the math here?
Valuable deterrent or money pissed away?