Developing a Drug Testing

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Developing a Drug Testing Screening Program
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What Are Your Needs?

• What type of program do you need?
• How much involvement of testing do you want to
  have?
• What do you want to test for?
• Who is going to perform the testing?
• Costs
• Who is this program going to serve?
• High school student-athletes
• Collegiate student-athletes
• Employees

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Drug Testing Programs

• American Diagnostics
• http//www.adi-medical.com/
• D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
• http//www.dare-america.com/home/default.asp
• NCAA
• http//www2.ncaa.org/portal/legislation_and_govern
  ance/eligibility_and_recruiting/drug_testing.html

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Forms

• Substance Abuse Policy Mandatory Drug Testing
  Program
• Mandatory Testing, Random Testing, Reasonable
  Suspicion
• Conduct Methodology of Drug Testing (Exhibit A)
• Consent to Participate (Exhibit B)
• Selection Notification
• Specimen Identification Form/Specimen Log Book
• Student-Athlete Supplement Information

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Education

• Promote the health safety of student-athletes
• Provide some form of education to reduce or deter
  people from using drugs
• Guest speakers
• After school programs
• Posters, pamphlets, other literature
• Other

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Drug Detection Consequences

• Methods of detection
• What drugs are going to be tested?
• Blood samples, urine samples, etc.
• What happens if there is a POSITIVE test?
• Counseling
• Removal from participation (contests, practices)
• Removal from team
• Remove monetary assistance fines

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Treatment Rehabilitation

• Counseling for full recovery
• Payment of counseling

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Banned Drugs

• NCAA
• http//www.ncaa.org
• U.S. Olympic Committee U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
• http//www.usantidoping.org/
• National Federation of State High School
  Associations
• http//www.nfhs.org/scriptcontent/va_Custom/vimDis
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