At one time, testing high school athletes for steroids was seen as the best way to fight performance-enhancing drug use among the young. Now, those efforts are losing steam because of high costs and few positive results. ...more

March 17, 2009

Maybe Florida's pilot steroid testing program scared high school athletes away from performance-enhancing drugs. Or maybe performance-enhancing drugs were never a major issue in the state's schools. ...more

February 16, 2009

John Stewart has been the Florida High School Athletic Association executive director the past five years. ...more

November 30, 2008

Congress wants to hear more from baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players' union head Donald Fehr about their 2005 testimony on steroids in the sport. ...more

June 13, 2008

The Florida Senate will not renew House Bill 461, the state's high school steroid-testing bill, Florida High School Athletic Association spokeswoman Cristina Alvarez confirmed Thursday. ...more

May 23, 2008

SEBRING — The School Board of Highlands County will vote on Tuesday to begin developing a policy for anabolic steroid testing of student athletes. The state has directed the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to test student-athletes in grades nine through 12 for the use of anabolic steroids during the 2007-08 school year. "I haven't seen any problems here. I do know of other schools that have had some problems," said Sebring High School Athletic Director Terry Quarles. "I think it's a good start with Florida High School [Athletic Association] to test them." According to the FHSAA, approximately 1 percent of all student-athletes in grades nine-12, who participate in the sports of boys baseball, girls flag football, boys tackle football, girls softball and girls and boys weightlifting, may be tested. ...more

January 20, 2008

With the release of the Mitchell Report on Thursday, state Rep. Marcelo Llorente, R-Miami, said he hopes others will finally take notice of what he considers a trend of young players using steroids. ...more

December 14, 2007

GAINESVILLE - Four area football teams have been suspended from competition for failure to comply with the Florida High School Athletic Association's steroid testing policy, which requires all football teams to submit their rosters to the FHSAA. ...more

September 25, 2007

Attorneys for former Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes said they have not released a psychological and drug-evaluation report about Dukes, as a judge ordered, because his estranged wife has asked them not to. ...more

September 20, 2007