TRENTON – By a vote of 36 to 0, the state Senate today approved a bill sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey that would give New Jersey one of the most comprehensive anti-steroid programs in the nation, combining testing, education, instructional training and advertising for students from elementary school on up through high school.
“When a kid grows up idolizing a professional athlete and then finds out that person broke this record or that one because he was using steroids his whole career, well what’s to stop that kid from wanting to use the drugs too?” said Sen. Codey (D-Essex). “We need to get to our kids early and show them that these drugs are not without consequences.”
