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Originally Posted by scanman
Thanks, I appreciate your insight.
The "no positives" at Keeneland is encouraging.
As one who is directly affected by this issue, where do you see the industry going concerning testing? Also, will the industry and/or labs ever be able to test for everything that "needs" to be tested for?
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I think that the awareness levels about testing has dramatically improved. The fact that the issues are being seriously considered is a positive step. I dont think that they are necessarily going about it very effectively but things are better than they were just a few years ago. That being said there is just so much to do, so much research that is not being funded or done especially in the area of accurate and effetive withdrawl times and realistic levels and most importantly in areas of the currently undectable drugs.
I have always been a proponent of greater investigative tactics as the key to winning this battle between the labs and the new drugs. Balco's drugs werent discovered by testing, they were uncovered by an IRS agent's investigation. The amount of money spent on investigation in this sport is an embarassment.