With the '60s turning into the '70s, drugs had finally made their way to rural West Virginia and the number of potheads grew. Then, however, seldom did they infiltrate the jocks and jockettes. Since that time nearly 30 years ago, I'm sure things have changed. Heck, I know they've changed after having raised two boys. The lines are considerably more blurred now than they were in the early 1970s.
Some athletes use drugs.
But having worked with high school athletes for more than 25 years, I can say with at least some degree of confidence that drug use among athletes is at a lower level than non-athletes. Steroid use is not as rampant as isolated scandals might lead you to believe, and recreational drugs are still much more popular among today's version of those potheads than jocks. All of which makes Logan County's decision to test athletes for drugs ludicrous. If the county finds that even a small percentage of its athletes are using drugs, it should then probably double or triple the number in estimating use among non-athletes. And even that won't begin to touch the real number.