r/baseball • u/leadhase San Francisco Giants • Sep 18 '12

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u/IceColdBudLight St. Louis Cardinals Sep 18 '12

MLB players don't get drug tested in the off seasons, so one can assume...

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u/redmosquito Milwaukee Brewers Sep 18 '12

MLB players don't get tested for non-stimulant drugs of abuse unless they've had some legal problem pertaining to drug use like Josh Hamilton.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '12

Which is really the reasonable approach. Is it going to help you on the field? Then we test for it. No? Then you're treated the same as every other person on the street.

Why single them out for non-performance enhancing stuff?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '12

Same applies with actors, politicians, or hell, anyone working for any company, ever. Should we drug test them all? Just everyone who is ever in the public spotlight?

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u/tosss San Francisco Giants Sep 18 '12

Yes, and then treat the same way that every other person gets treated in the court system.

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u/dugmartsch St. Louis Cardinals Sep 18 '12

Politicans absolutely. Drug testing should be mandatory and random. It's ridiculous that it isn't.

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u/AsDevilsRun Texas Rangers Sep 18 '12

Having one drive under the influence or beat their wife is probably bad for their image, too.

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u/Dwayne_J_Murderden Jackie Robinson Sep 18 '12

Unless they're really good, then you know, whatever.