Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!amdahl!proper!elric From: elric@proper.UUCP (Elric of Imrryr) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all th Message-ID: <288@proper.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Jun-86 03:31:54 EDT Article-I.D.: proper.288 Posted: Tue Jun 10 03:31:54 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Jun-86 02:26:32 EDT References: <402@bu-cs.UUCP> <108@gumby.UUCP> <1239@dual.UUCP> Reply-To: elric@proper.UUCP (Elric of Imrryr) Distribution: net Organization: Lunatic Laboratories Unltd. Lines: 17 In article <168@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> mmar@sphinx.UUCP (Mitchell Marks) writes: >In article <188@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber) writes: >>Also, any of the tests can be foiled by the addition of 5 grams of >>salt to your urine sample, or an even smaller amount of bleach or >>drano. The test for THC is a simple yes/no assay, and if you taint >>the urine sample enough, the test cannot even assay it as urine, and >>returns a "no" result. >> > >Tampering with samples is something that the people who like to give these >tests are well aware of. That's why the proposals or contracts calling for >drug testing like to specify *supervised* urine samples. > When's the last >time you tried to urinate into a beaker under supervision? I think I would be so nervious I would probaly end up urinating on the supervisor...... :> (Evil Grin) >