# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/21 "2012-03-02T17:50:35Z")
It seems to me that there are plenty of other routes to get exposure to meth. I’ve heard of kids being exposed by crawling around on floors contaminated by vapors during the manufacture of meth. When I managed apartments, one of our biggest concerns about drug users was the potential contamination to the entire apartment they were in. If the mom’s boyfriend is an addict, he could have it on his skin, clothes, hair, etc. On the other hand… drug users and their enablers have made a lifestyle out of lying. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/22 "2012-03-02T18:09:26Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > 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: Yea I mean wow, so mom do you spit or swallow?:eek: Do you deep throat? Cup the balls? Wow family bonding is so…vomit inducing! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/23 "2012-03-02T18:30:33Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > 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: And the “No, son, I don’t use methamphetamine. I merely swallowed the semen of a man who smokes methamphetamine.” Is the son supposed to relax and nod approvingly at that statement? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/24 "2012-03-02T18:38:47Z")
Umm, why the fuck is she having a relationship with a freaken meth-head?!? I have little doubt she’s sharing his drugs with him. ---
**Author:** ![TerpBE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@TerpBE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TerpBE)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/25 "2012-03-02T19:12:24Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > 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 > … > He wants so badly to believe her. Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/26 "2012-03-02T19:34:24Z")
\>\>She said the test barely tested positive. This is a falsifiable assertion. Where are the drug test results? \>\>She also claims she googled it and it is positively true, This is a falsifiable assertion which you have already falsified. This is outside the scope of your question, but a person seriously quitting meth breaks up with her meth-using boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/27 "2012-03-02T20:46:09Z")
What is a “barely detectable” level of meth? Is it in the neighbourhood of “residual of a normal dose in the last 3 days” or in the range of “within 3 to 4 months ago”? Assuming a person takes meth regularly. (I’m sure it happens). Then, their bloodstream and excretions will contain detectable levels. However, urine contains decent levels because that is the major path by which the body rids itself of unnecessary chemicals. Something like seminal fluid, one presumes (IANAD) does not get created by attempting to concentrate and remove blood contaminants. (If anything, the opposite). So the concentration would be so low that at best it should match the blood levels. Just because it’s in the neighbourhood of the bladder does not make it a backup reservoir for the same function… So a full pill is taken, which then dilutes throughot the body to what, 1/10,000 or more of original amount. Body mass and fluids probably amount to 100+ pounds, and the original pill was a small fraction of an ounce That’s pretty dilute. It also immediately starts to be excreted, so concetrations in the general blood stream on average are pretty low. So she swallows maybe a CC or so of minimally contaminated fluid at low concentration. Several points come to mind: “Gee, mom, maybe you should spit instead… Duh.” “Do you always blow him right after he took a hit?” (Actually, that should not matter - worse would be blowing him just before, so that his “reservoir” refills while his blood is at maximal concentration of the drug) “How many times a day do you blow him?” See, good parental chit-chat can be prouctive. My BS meter kicks in, because unless the test is capable of detecting incredibly fine concentrations, 1CC or so of very dilute drug mix once or twice a day should not give detectable levels. I gues it would be like taking a tiny fraction of a salt-grain-sized chip of a normal pill. I would suggest she’s more at risk from backwash if the guy chewed a pill or three then took a sip and backwashed into her beer. Finally - who said she tested positive? Why the test? Sounds like she’s on some sort of court-ordered testing program to stay clean or else. If so, then however she spins it - why would you be anywhere near a person who could derail your tests if it is that important? Why would you hang around that temptation? ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/28 "2012-03-02T23:46:53Z")
I gather she is on probation. I have no idea why she felt it necessary to tell her son that she flunked a mandatory test in the first place since he hasn’t seen her in years. But since he is in town, she wants to see him, so maybe she is afraid he’ll hear about the test results from another family member or something. She’s a liar and an addict. And he keeps putting his trust in her. I told him I was going to get a factual answer about it and it would be up to him to ask me if he wants the truth or not. I won’t shove it down his throat. Har har, yuk yuk. But I do tire of seeing him hurt by her. Thanks for the responses. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/29 "2012-03-03T00:49:34Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > We have to ask **mangetout** , he of the fried-semen-taste test, but I suspect even he draws the line somewhere. While he does have an appropriate and similar name, I feel the need to defend **Mangetout** ’s reputation: the semen frier was **mangeorge**. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/30 "2012-03-03T05:23:55Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > She also claims she googled it… No, she said she _gargled_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Hairy\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hairy\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hairy_Bob)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/31 "2012-03-03T12:14:11Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > No, she said she _gargled_ it. PFFFFFFT!! You’re lucky I’m not a litigious type, I just got tea all over my laptop! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/32 "2012-03-03T13:12:23Z")
If anyone was looking for a reason not to start blowing meth addicts, here ya go. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/33 "2012-03-04T03:11:01Z")
Neither a swallower nor an offender be. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/34 "2012-03-04T03:30:19Z")
> [@grude](#): > > yea i mean wow, so mom do you spit or swallow?:eek: > > Do you deep throat? Cup the balls? > > Wow family bonding is so…vomit inducing! The ARISTOCRATS! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/35 "2012-03-04T04:11:24Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The ARISTOCRATS! _slow clap_ ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/36 "2012-03-04T05:31:15Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Some even pick their scabs and eat them, trying to get the meth left in the scabs. Jeez! I was eating peanuts when I read this… ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/37 "2012-03-04T06:10:08Z")
[http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/meth/meth\_testing.shtml](http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/meth/meth_testing.shtml) > [@](#): > > Methamphetamine is detectable in blood for 1-3 days. Levels over 100 ng/ml are considered consistent with abuse. So if you take a full dose, they can only detect it for 3 to 5 days at the outside? I doubt taking a very very dilute 1cc sample would then be detectable even immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/38 "2012-03-06T03:08:14Z")
[Mom?](http://media.photobucket.com/image/methamphetamine%20street%20names/kliljedahl/misc/Meth.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/39 "2012-03-06T03:32:03Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > What is a “barely detectable” level of meth? Let’s just say no one is lining up to eat her scabs. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550/40 "2012-03-07T02:04:35Z")
I’m thinking that the boyfriend was pulling some kind of Errol Flynn type of maneuver and dipping his schlong in meth (I heard Errol put cocaine on his weiner). The mother had the unfortunate timing to be sucking his cock at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-drug-test-from-drinking-semen-possible/614550.md?page=1)