The NFL was considering whether to penalize Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith after it was revealed he was caught at the Twin Cities airport with an elaborate contraption designed to beat drug tests. A search of a bag Smith was carrying April 21 turned up several vials of dried urine and a device called "The Original Whizzinator," which includes a fake penis, bladder and athletic supporter. An NFL spokesman said using the device during a drug test would be a violation of league drug policies, but it wasn't clear whether there were penalties for possessing one outside of a testing situation. The stakes are high for Smith, who has two strikes against him under the league's substance abuse policy. He got the second last season and was suspended for four games but was still the team's top rusher. Another violation could earn him a yearlong suspension.
Smith was detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after a tube of toothpaste in his bag set off an alarm. A search of his bag discovered six or seven vials of white powder with the consistency of cocaine, according to report by the airport police. After the powder tested negative for drugs, the report said, Smith told officers it was dried urine used in conjunction with a device called "The Original Whizzinator." The report's author wrote that Smith "told me that it was dried urine for making a clean urine test." In addition, Smith had a bottle of pills labeled "cleansing formula." The "Whizzinator," advertised for $150 on the maker's Web site, ...
| The $150 version has a four inch prosthetic, the $999 version has an eight inch one. |
... includes a fake penis attached to an athletic supporter and plastic bag. The user fills the bag with water blended with urine powder. When the user takes a drug test in front of an observer, the water is released through the prosthetic with a valve. | Back when I had the joy of monitoring piss tests (Golden Flow), we were briefed to watch out for this device. |
Smith told police he was taking the vials to his cousin. The police report didn't say where Smith was traveling. Smith's agent, Douglas Hendrickson, didn't return repeated messages left at his office Wednesday. In 2000, Smith was kicked out of Tennessee for using marijuana. |