This is really messed up. What does it mean for the rest of the "cover up" suppliers? People stock up!

Source: BBC

Men guilty over fake penis scam

Tests rely on testing urine samples to check for drugs

The makers of a prosthetic penis to help men cheat on drugs
tests have pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy in a US federal court.

The two men, George Wills and Robert Catalano, had been selling the device
- known as the Whizzinator - over the internet for three years.

The device was sold with a heating element and fake urine to help people
test negative for illegal substances.

They could face up to eight years in prison and a $500,000 (£334,000) fine.

The men ran an internet company known as Puck Technology, which between
2005 and 2008 sold the Whizzinator and a similar device, known as Number
One.

"The Whizzinator is the ultimate solution for a drug testing device," says
a statement on the website of the California-based company, which calls
itself the "undisputed leader in synthetic urine."

"The prosthetic penis is very realistic and concealing is simple, while
our quality production and materials assures you that the Whizzinator will
let it flow again and again, anytime, anywhere you need it!"

Mr Wills and Mr Catalano appeared before a federal court in Pittsburgh,
and are scheduled to be sentenced in February.

EDIT: the following is from Norml's website NORML
As part of the investigation, there were two undercover purchases of
the products on Sept. 8, 2006, and Feb. 7, 2007.

Mr. Catalano and Mr. Wills pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell drug
paraphernalia and conspiracy to defraud the United States government.

Puck Technology also pleaded guilty to the same charges. The company
has stopped operating.

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But the demand for methods to beat drug testing will not stop.  Manufacturers now will just have to package and sell fake penises that pee drug-free urine more subtly.  Other than Alabama, off the top of my head I can’t think of any states that ban the sale of fake penises.  I also don’t think selling someone else’s drug-free urine is a crime.  Surgical tubing and those gel-pack stadium handwarmers are still legal.  Can’t you just see someone clever selling all those items, unassembled, in a package at an adult sex shop?  Maybe with a big warning label that reads, “WARNING - false penis, freeze-dried urine, warming gel packs, and surgical tubing are for sexual purposes by adults only.  DO NOT attempt to use these products for any other purpose!”

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Am I the only person who has a mental image of the DEA running around in bio-suits weilding plastic penises?

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yeah you probably are dude!    but now you got me thinking

wouldn't it be better if they were wearing bio-suits and super-hero capes made from red/white/blue French national flags while weilding plastic penises and carrying little growling chihuahuas in purses slung over their shoulders?

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nw_shroomy said:
..Maybe they should have put on the package "for Novelty use only"

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wouldn't it be better if they were wearing bio-suits and super-hero capes made from red/white/blue French national flags while weilding plastic penises and carrying little growling chihuahuas in purses slung over their shoulders?

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They plead guilty.Its their own fault if they go to prison because I'm sure they could have got at least a hung jury..
Why Its against the law is beyond me..Maybe they should have put on the package "for Novelty use only"

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If you decide to make LSD from Fosters beer and then go out and buy the beer, you are guilty of conspiracy to manufacture LSD, a charge that carries the same sentence as operating an actual LSD lab.

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If you decide to make LSD from Fosters beer and then go out and buy the beer, you are guilty of conspiracy to manufacture LSD, a charge that carries the same sentence as operating an actual LSD lab.

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except the foster's beer / LSD thing is a myth.  They can't bust you for a myth can they?

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If you decide to make LSD from Fosters beer and then go out and buy the beer, you are guilty of conspiracy to manufacture LSD, a charge that carries the same sentence as operating an actual LSD lab.

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except the foster's beer / LSD thing is a myth.  They can't bust you for a myth can they?

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travelleler said:

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If you decide to make LSD from Fosters beer and then go out and buy the beer, you are guilty of conspiracy to manufacture LSD, a charge that carries the same sentence as operating an actual LSD lab.

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except the foster's beer / LSD thing is a myth.  They can't bust you for a myth can they?

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They can bust you for having fake drugs

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and selling fake drugs,

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then they can probably bust you for a fake recipe that would yield fake drugs

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