Pubdate: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) Contact: 2002 Detroit Free Press Website: http://www.freep.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/125 Author: Lisa Sandberg, San Antonio Express-News Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) DRUG TEST MAY CHANGE AFTER MAN'S SNEAKY TRICK SAN ANTONIO -- Probation authorities may require probationers to strip to their underwear for urine tests after a man convicted of drunken driving used a prosthetic device in an attempt to fake results. Bexar County authorities say Ruben Escamilla Jr., 18, strapped a device called the Whizzinator to his body before taking the test. The $150 device, sold by a California company, comes with a phallic device in various skin tones and a pouch that's strapped to the stomach. The pouch contains dehydrated urine, which is warmed by a heat pad. "We're going to have to pay much more attention," Probation Chief Caesar Garcia said. "We may have to go a little further now and require them to drop their pants." An official in the district attorney's office said Escamilla could face additional misdemeanor charges. That would be in addition to the 180-day jail term he was given June 11 for violating his probation by "possessing a phallic device to provide a false urine sample." The Whizzinator, which is sold on the Internet, was discovered when Escamilla showed up for a required drug test and was told he'd be taken into custody for an April drug violation. Texas is one of three states that prohibit the use or manufacture of any substance or device used to falsify drug test results, according to the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association. "Texas, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, that's it," said Laura Shelton, the association's executive director. Other companies have sold synthetic urine in heat packs, but Shelton said the Whizzinator was the first product she knew of that included a phallic device. "Someone was really thinking when they developed this one," she said. - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk