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Yes there are probably some obvious cases that could easily be prosecuted criminally that they don't. However, wanting to force an innocent trainer to defend himself in court as a "deterrent" is scary to me. The in house process is already stressful enough, mentally and financially. You lose a purse, an owner, etc. you would basically put them out of business guilty or innocent.
I think the press gets a hold of the high profile cases and the public has a skewed perception of reality. Very few samples come up positive. The large majority are for therapeutic drug overages which happen fairly easily with hot weather, low levels and super testing. Many other positives are the result of contamination (purina feed California, scopalamine from hay, etc.). Then every once in a while you have a trainer pushing th envelope and making everyone look bad. The public, especially on the Internet acts like an angry mob. Somebody th other day was freaking out that a trainer could get his hands on a controlled substance like ace, a staple in barn medicine cabinets..
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