NSAC budget cuts eliminate out-of-competition drug test

A budget crunch has left the Nevada State Athletic Commission unable to employ one of the most significant deterrents to the use of performance enhancing drugs in professional competition.

Two years after the influential regulatory body announced it would conduct out-of-competition drug testing, legislators completely withdrew funding for the program.

The NSAC will soon decide whether to press legislators on a proposal to reinstate testing, possibly by diverting funds within the commission’s budget.

“What we’re trying to do is find alternative sources of revenue,” NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer told MMAjunkie.com

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