Drug Testing After The Mitchell Report
Drug testing dramatically changed after the Mitchell Report came out. Major League Baseball became stricter in hopes of stopping steroid use in professional baseball by altering the drug testing system.
Before the Mitchell Report came out MLB had one unannounced mandatory test each year for every player and random tests for selective players during the season and the off-season. Each drug test examined each player for steroids, steroid precursors, and designer steroids. If caught, suspensions without pay occurred. The first positive tests resulted in a suspension for ten days, the second for thirty days, the third for sixty days and the fourth positive test resulted in a one year suspension
After George Mitchell’s report came out MLB markedly increased testing and punishments. Now baseball tests unannounced twice a year for all players and random testing still occurs for selective players. MLB also tests for more substances. They test for seven different kinds of abusive drugs, 47 different kinds of steroids and thirty different kinds of stimulants. One of the 47 different kinds of steroids is Human Growth Hormone, known as HGH. HGH is a substance popular amongst the league that was never tested for before the Mitchell Report because no reliable test existed. Along with the increase of substances tested for came an increase in suspensions without pay. The first positive test now results in a fifty game suspension, the second is one hundred games, and the third positive now results in a lifetime suspension from the MLB.
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