# Positive drug test from drinking semen. Possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550 "2012-03-02T14:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/1 "2012-03-02T14:29:50Z")
Okay, I don’t think I buy this story, but I must admit I don’t really know the answer. Here’s the story. Someone I care about has recently been told by his mom that she tested positive for meth only because she regularly gives her meth using boyfriend head and not because she has used herself. She swears she is clean and hasn’t used since she got busted. She said the test barely tested positive. She also claims she googled it and it is positively true, but when I google it, I get not one single hit. So, she’s lying, right? He wants so badly to believe her. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/2 "2012-03-02T14:44:36Z")
I think Occam’s blowjob should be employed here. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/3 "2012-03-02T15:03:16Z")
If anyone wants to see if you can also test positive for Casey’s coffee and donuts, PM me. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/4 "2012-03-02T15:07:05Z")
Whereas I am offering asparagus-positive results. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/5 "2012-03-02T15:20:42Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > If anyone wants to see if you can also test positive for Casey’s coffee and donuts, PM me. 😃 Good one. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/6 "2012-03-02T15:25:04Z")
Meth metabolites can be detected in sweat, saliva, urine and serum (the liquid part of blood). I can find no reference to it being detectible in semen in the medical literature (although I grant you I’m not using the really big database at the moment.) 'Bout half of what you ingest as methamphetamine is released unchanged in the urine, though. (That you can find on [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Pharmacokinetics).) I wonder if she’s into more freaky “head” than she’s willing to tell her mom about… If she’s drinking enough of his urine to test positive, even “barely positive”, she’s getting enough of it to get high, though. Mmmm…gotta love methheads who are into recycling! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/7 "2012-03-02T15:31:00Z")
She pisses me the hell off. I mean, seriously, he believes it because he wants to believe in his mom so bad. And now I’ve got that stupid question in my history. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/8 "2012-03-02T15:35:21Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I wonder if she’s into more freaky “head” than she’s willing to tell her mom about… You misread the OP. The meth user is the mom. The friend is the son. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/9 "2012-03-02T15:44:12Z")
A lying drug addict, who would have thought? ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/10 "2012-03-02T15:45:56Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Mmmm…gotta love methheads who are into recycling! Claims to be “squeaky clean” but is actually “freaky green” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/11 "2012-03-02T15:48:46Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > You misread the OP. The meth user is the mom. The friend is the son. You are correct. So perhaps she’s into more freaky “head” than she’s willing to tell her son about. I know I wouldn’t tell my son I was into Golden Showers if I was (which I’m not.) ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/12 "2012-03-02T15:53:02Z")
It is, however, possible to fail a drugs test for all kinds of other reasons (depending on the kind of drugs test) that didn’t involve ingesting the chemical tested for. This excuse is as judge judy would say baloney ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/13 "2012-03-02T16:09:14Z")
I think the fact that a SON and his MOTHER are having that conversation in the first place is CREEEEPY. There isn’t a big enough font for the “TMI” !!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/14 "2012-03-02T16:17:51Z")
Would it help if the semen was pan-fried first? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/15 "2012-03-02T16:20:41Z")
We have to ask **mangetout** , he of the fried-semen-taste test, but I suspect even he draws the line somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/16 "2012-03-02T16:24:51Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 'Bout half of what you ingest as methamphetamine is released unchanged in the urine, though. (That you can find on [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine#Pharmacokinetics).) Are there cases of addicts drying urine and then snorting it? That seems the "addict logic"al thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/17 "2012-03-02T16:34:43Z")
> [@spankthecrumpet](#): > > Are there cases of addicts drying urine and then snorting it? That seems the "addict logic"al thing to do. I’ve not heard that, but some do drink their urine. Or other users’ urine. Some even pick their scabs and eat them, trying to get the meth left in the scabs. Methamphetamine use is very glamorous. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/18 "2012-03-02T16:56:26Z")
How much meth is left in the scabs? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/19 "2012-03-02T17:03:43Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > You are correct. So perhaps she’s into more freaky “head” than she’s willing to tell her son about. I know I wouldn’t tell my son I was into Golden Showers if I was (which I’m not.) So you’re saying you’d tell the Dope, but not your son, if you were into Golden Showers? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/20 "2012-03-02T17:13:06Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > You are correct. So perhaps she’s into more freaky “head” than she’s willing to tell her son about. I know I wouldn’t tell my son I was into Golden Showers if I was (which I’m not.) We’ve already gone way, way past anything I’d expect to hear from _my_ mom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550.md?page=2)