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NFL Strengthens Steroid Policy

Date: April 27, 2005

Authors: Mark Maske and Leonard Shapiro

QUOTE: The NFL and its players' union have agreed, for the second time in recent weeks, to toughen the league's steroid policy. The new measures triple the number of times a player can be tested for steroids during the offseason, add substances to the league's banned list and allow the league to retest players' urine samples...

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Key People:

• Gene Upshaw
• Prof. Charles Yesalis

Key Organizations:

• National Football League (NFL)
• National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
• Washington Post Newspaper

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• Health & Medicine
  • Alcohol/Drug/Substance Abuse: Societal Issues

• Recreation & Entertainment
  • Games: Rules/Competition/Refereeing
  • Sports General
    • Sports (Professional)

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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