# Hot To Beat An Employer's Drug Test!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 18, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710 "2005-11-18T21:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710/1 "2005-11-18T21:06:18Z")
- - - This is a fairly stupid idea that kinda sprung from a totally unrelated discussion on another internet forum: 1. Suppose that you were required to take a drug test at work and failed. 2. Suppose that you claimed that you were taking urine therapy (_drinking it_, that is) and that you hadn’t used any narcotics yourself, but the person who donated must have (yea it’s pretty gross, but unemployment isn’t real fun either). 3. Would they be able to tell from the results that you were lying? ~ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710/2 "2005-11-18T21:08:12Z")
> [@DougC](#): > > - > - > - This is a fairly stupid idea that kinda sprung from a totally unrelated discussion on another internet forum: > > 1. Suppose that you were required to take a drug test at work and failed. > 2. Suppose that you claimed that you were taking urine therapy (_drinking it_, that is) and that you hadn’t used any narcotics yourself, but the person who donated must have (yea it’s pretty gross, but unemployment isn’t real fun either). > 3. Would they be able to tell from the results that you were lying? > ~ Uh oh! Hide, here comes a mod. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710/3 "2005-11-18T21:10:45Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Uh oh! > > Hide, here comes a mod. 😉 My thoughts exactly. Lets see how long it takes. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710/4 "2005-11-18T21:11:10Z")
> [@DougC](#): > > - > - > - This is a fairly stupid idea that kinda sprung from a totally unrelated discussion on another internet forum: > > 1. Suppose that you were required to take a drug test at work and failed. > 2. Suppose that you claimed that you were taking urine therapy (_drinking it_, that is) and that you hadn’t used any narcotics yourself, but the person who donated must have (yea it’s pretty gross, but unemployment isn’t real fun either). > 3. Would they be able to tell from the results that you were lying? > ~ So are you really asking whether drinking urine tainted with drug metabolites would cause a positive result on a drug test? Or are you asking (as you have phrased it) whether you can get away with actually using drugs and failing a drug test by falsely claiming that you drank some bad pee? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-to-beat-an-employers-drug-test/331710/5 "2005-11-18T21:13:52Z")
Kids, don’t try this at home!