STATE NEEDS TO OUTLAW URINE KITS

Darts & Laurels

Laurel - To Rep. Trudi Walend, a Brevard Republican, for introducing
legislation last week to outlaw selling urine to help people cheat on drug
tests. Rep. Larry Justus, R-Dana, is a co-sponsor. Democrats have introduced
an identical bill in the Senate. The efforts of Kenneth Curtis to sell kits
designed to beat drug tests spurred the legislation. Curtis moved his
company, Privacy Protection Services, from Greenville, S.C., to
Hendersonville after he was convicted in South Carolina of selling urine to
defraud drug test results. His company sold urine samples, warming packs and
a device designed to surreptitiously deliver urine. Walend is right, to
propose closing the loophole in North Carolina law that could allow Curtis
to operate here.

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