LSU Athletic Department makes two changes to substance abuse policy for student-athletes
(World News USA)

The LSU athletic department recently implemented two changes in its substance-abuse policy designed to help educate newly enrolled student-athletes and provide support in making positive lifestyle changes. Put into place in June was a `first-term enrollee` rule in which new student-athletes - freshmen, junior-college transfers and transfers from other institutions - don`t immediately go into the drug-testing program for a positive test result from their initial medical screening. Also, student-athletes who test positive at any time at LSU can now have it expunged from their record if they remain clean for four months. The old rule required an athlete to be clean for six months to have a...