Drug Testing Latest Tactic in Prevention

By Jessica Portner
Lexington, Ky.

The practice of testing student athletes for drug use has become so entrenched here that raising money to pay for the pricey lab tests is as routine as soliciting funds for baseball mitts or cheerleaders' uniforms.

"It's like we breathe this drug-testing thing. It's automatic," Jim Franklin says after a night of hawking winner-take-all tickets at the Jackpot Bingo parlor to raise money for the Bulldogs, his son's high school football team.

As the announcer spits out numbers in the smoke-filled hall teeming with elderly regulars, parent volunteers eagerly watch...

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