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The Tennessee State Soccer Association--the state’s largest youth soccer organization, with more than 40,000 players ages 4 to19 and roughly 600 select coaches--has implemented a drug-testing program for coaches, making it the first youth soccer organization in the U.S. to venture into this territory.
Have we really reached that point where the moms and dads who volunteer to coach youth sports are being drug-tested? Perhaps it’s a step in the right direction.
Straightforward Approach
Among the drugs that coaches will be tested for are amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines, ecstasy, codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and masking agents.
