Wee problem with drug test results

DRUG CHEATS: A technical officer testing urine samples from rugby league players at Australian Government Analytical Laboratory in Pymble, NSW. Picture: Nicole Emanuel Source: Herald Sun

MINERS are buying fake urine to beat workplace drug and alcohol tests.

A variety of synthetic urine products is available on the internet and from Australian distributors. They range in price from $30 to $95.

The advertising boasts the chemical substitutes contain "all the ingredients normally found in urine and is balanced for pH, specific gravity, creatinine and other urine characteristics", enabling buyers to pass drug tests.

Most kits include heat pads to keep the fake urine at body temperature. Some, with names such as SweetPee and Whizzinator, even come with prosthetic penises.

Police in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara say they are increasingly finding the products during drug raids, usually involving people employed in mining.

Central Queensland regional crime co-ordinator, acting Detective Inspector Ben Carroll, said that police intelligence from within mining camps suggested that fake pee was becoming more prevalent. "We've noticed a rise in this sort of behaviour aimed at defeating the testing regime. They all know about it in the industry. It's very simple to get hold of."

It was also believed to be common for "clean" workers to provide samples of their urine to colleagues who had been drinking or taking drugs to enable them to beat the tests.

It is not illegal to sell or possess synthetic urine. "It's more an issue for the companies under workplace health and safety," Det Insp Carroll said.

"I certainly would not want to be working (in a mine) with someone with drugs onboard."

A Queensland Resources Council spokeswoman said

the QRC had not heard about fake urine being used and it was probably less common in Queensland than Western Australia because most coalmines tested saliva rather than urine.

Employees caught trying to cheat at drug tests would face disciplinary measures, including dismissal.

daryl.passmore@news.com.au

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