ARKANSAS is set to become the second US state to ban the sale of urine for use in drug or alcohol tests. By a vote of 99 to 1, the Arkansas House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make selling urine an offence punishable by three months in jail and a $ 500 fine. It will become law if passed by the State Senate.
Still, local purveyors of pee will get off lightly compared with those in South Carolina, who face up to three years in jail if caught peddling piddle.
The widespread use of drug tests in the US (when applying for a job, for example) has led to a burgeoning Internet market in second-hand urine and the emergence of professional pee donors. Complete "test kits", including heaters for warming stored urine to body temperature, can be bought for around $ 60, along with a variety of chemicals claimed to mask drug metabolites.
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