I have been reading over the board and there is a lot of talk dealing with drug tests and the like. I hope to clear up a few myths by sending this letter to whoever reads it. NORML writes a piece of literature on the subject of beating piss tests and I have a copy.

IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WASH YOURSELF OUT, drink lots of fluids and use diuretics like coffee, cranberry juice, and beer. Vinegar doesn't work and neither does phenylpropanolamine (the active ingredient in Dexatrim). The night before the test, drink as much fluids as you can stand and piss in the morning because morning urine is the "dirtiest". Prepare for the test by drinking more fluids and boost with diuretics. You can color your piss yellow with for a few hours with vitamin b-2 (found in b-complex vitamins). Use a 50- or 100-milligram dose.

IF YOU HAVE A SHORT NOTICE, take an 80-milligram dose of prescription diuretic Lasix (furosemide), take a hefty drink of water, piss two or three times and take the test.

WARNING!!! Diuretics can be harmful to people with kidney dysfunctions, pregnant women and diabetics.

DRUG SCREENS, drugs which mask traces of drugs in urine, are undocumented although many claim sucess. These might be unreliable, but I'm putting them in here anyway.

Zinc Sulfate, available from pharmacists and in a health product (Challenge, should be taken twice, once the night before and once a few hour before the test in 250-milligram doses. WARNING- DON'T TAKE ANYMORE THAN THIS BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL TOXIC EFFECTS. Take this in the morning when loading up on fluids for the test. Also, avoid taking in too many solids because it may dampen the effect of the chemical.

Two products, Test Free and Naturally Klean, claim to clear any drug testing for a few hours after taking. The companies recommend abstaining for a day or two and drinking lots of fluids. Both companies claim to have FDA safe ingredients although they are secretive about the formula.

You can contact the companies at:

Test Free- Zydot Unlimited Inc., Box 9485 Tulsa OK 74157 (918) 747-2400

Naturally Klean- Houston Enterprises, PO Box 27776, Tempe AZ 85285 (602) 968-0773

DOPING PISS TESTS, is a last resort method if you are really desparate. Abbie Hoffman has rigged a way to substitute clean urine in the test in his book "Stealing This Urine Test" but I don't have a copy of the book.

You can spike the test with certain chemicals, but this only works on the standard EMIT test and not on RIA or GC/MS tests. 6-10 drops of bleach detergent or blood, a few bleach or Draino crystals concealed under the fingernails should work. These methods are going to effect the urine noticably and could be detected. I have taken this information from literature release by NORML and it should be reliable, but I won't take the blame if it isn't.