Taylor Hooten, a 16 year old high school athlete was told by his high school coach that he needed to be bigger in order to compete. Like others on his team, Taylor decided to take a short cut to help him achieve his objective. Unfortunately, in his efforts to "get bigger", Taylor was unaware of the depression he would experience as a result of using steroids. On July 15, 2003, Taylor took his life.

Taylor's dad, Don Hooten, used this tragedy as a means of educating the public of the dangers associated with steroid use and has been on the fore front of passing legislation on mandatory steroid testing in high schools. Some people think that there are many more chemical dependencies other than steroids that are far more dangerous and take many more young lives. As a result, questions have been raised on whether tax resources should be used to for this type of testing. What are your thoughts?

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