Pubdate: Fri, 05 Nov 2004
Source: Kansas City Star (MO)
Copyright: 2004 The Kansas City Star
Contact:  http://www.kcstar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/221
Author: Mark Morris, The Kansas City Star
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Test)

IT'S NOT NICE TO CHEAT ON A URINE TEST

Two men were sanctioned in federal court Thursday after using - well - an 
"artificial device" to deliver clean urine for unrelated drug tests. 
Pressed for a wholesome description, a federal official in the Kansas City 
court described the device as "an artificial device with a bladder used to 
circumvent a urine test."

According to a Web site selling the device, it's "designed to be 
comfortably worn as an undergarment for extended periods of time!" 
Methamphetamine conspirator David L. Quigg of Belton missed a chance for a 
lesser sentence after U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith learned that Quigg 
had used the device for a urine test. Smith sentenced Quigg, 35, to seven 
years and nine months in federal prison.

A little later, another judge revoked the probation of 30-year-old David 
Threlkeld of Kansas City after he was discovered using the device in his 
drug test. Threlkeld was on supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 
cocaine. He had served about six months on that conviction. Thursday's 
actions belied a feature advertised on the product's Web site: that it's 
foolproof.
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