Stuff co.nz 29 October 2020
Our additional comment: “employers were worried about what a law change could mean for workplace safety, with hundreds of people already trying to cheat the system every year using fully legal products.”
Fake pee and THC-masking pill sales are expected to skyrocket as cannabis legalisation potentially looms on the horizon.
The public voted this year on whether they think recreational use of cannabis should be legal, with preliminary results due out on Friday.
The final result will be released on November 6.
But one workplace drug testing service said employers were worried about what a law change could mean for workplace safety, with hundreds of people already trying to cheat the system every year using fully legal products.
One example of what is on the market is the ‘Whizzard’ set, which includes synthetic urine, a bladder bag, heating pads to bring the liquid to body temperature, and even a prosthetic penis that “helps you out when you are trying to take a test under a watchful eye”.
READ MORE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cannabis-referendum/123230744/concern-reeferendum-will-result-in-more-workers-trying-to-cheat-drug-tests
