Steroids
Mar 17 2009, AP

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.

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Houston Astros’ Miguel Tejada leaves Federal Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs and admitted buying what he believed was human growth hormone.