'Swimming Australia' may test swimmers for illegal street drugs!

UPDATE: I deleted the first paragraph!

Subsequently, this is a really bad idea. To reduce this concept to the absurd so as to prove the obvious; (redutio ad absurdum), let's say a talented swimmer tests positive for THC, Vicodin or that he/she was stupid enough to take some rave drug like 'X'. (Keep in mind that alcohol does not count since it is a legal "street drug" and dwarfs the rest of the above contraband in both misery and mayhem but it is allowable.)

Swimming officials now have swimmer on their hands who has broken the Australian Swimming bylaws and most likely federal, state and local laws, or however they segment the "law, law" down under.

In this country it is against the law to withhold information about a crime to the police and I assume it is that way in Australia too. Consequently they have to report this violation to the swimmer; the police; his swim team; then FINA, who alerts the media via a press release; and finally any and all sponsors get to hear about it as well.

Instead of getting the swimmer help, the swimmer gets a 'scarlet letter' to wear on his forehead, a career in shambles, monetary loss and media humiliation.

So much for due process and rehab [Link]