I’ve recently heard that some people are using Knox gelatin to defeat drug tests. I’ve never heard this before and I don’t know why it would work. Any info you can give is appreciated.
I am NOT asking this as someone who wants to defeat a drug test, but as a concerned parent.
Never heard of it myself.
Snopes didnt hit anything relevant that I could find.
A couple different google permutations got nothing relevant.
Nothing in the archives
I know gelatin can be used to clear suspended particulates in wine. I could see how someone ignorant of chemistry might think it would do the same if ingested, and somehow only bind to “drug” particles. Unfortunately for them your body doesn’t work that way.
Neither ingestion of gelatin nor adulturation of urine with gelatin will result in a ‘defeated’ drug test. An invalid one perhaps (with adulturation), but it won’t mask anything.
Although is is probably the most harmless approach I’ve heard. Better than drinking bleach, like some idiots are doing. That won’t “defeat” a drug test either, but will defeat a few other things, like continued life.
QtM, MD
Certified Medical Review Officer (Whiz Quiz expert)