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Which Way, L.A.?

Rising Drug Use on California's Horse Racing Tracks?

Woth $4.1 billion a year, California is the biggest horse-racing state in the nation, but it's falling behind on enforcement of rules against the drugging of horses.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Woth $4.1 billion a year, California is the biggest horse-racing state in the nation, but it's falling behind on enforcement of rules against the drugging of horses. In the past six years, more than a quarter-billion dollars have been bet on winners who failed drug texts after their races were over, creating "a climate for drug abuse that is unmatched in any other major sport." That's according to a lengthy investigation by the Orange County Register. Are horse owners preventing a crack down? Is the series a hatchet job?

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Vanessa Romo

    LA School Report

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Scott Reid

    Reporter for the Orange County Register

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    Rick Arthur

    Equine Medical Director for the California Horse Racing Board

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    Ed Halpern

    Executive Director of California Thoroughbred Trainers

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