Last updated : June 16, 2025
The first question many may ask is, why would anyone ever want to? Monkey Whizz is synthetic urine, and those types of products are reserved for people with a—putting it mildly—odd fetish, right?
Our answer is that while being known for that fact, it’s not a closed market. Say someone has a drug test looming and knows they are more than likely going to test positive. The odds are they aren’t going to confess to the fact beforehand. The threat of losing their job may cause them to become desperate; moreover, if they’re taking a urine test…
Yep.
They may decide to fake the test and head for the nearest smoke shop or specialty store, or pop online to purchase some Monkey Whizz or another brand of the stuff.
What is it exactly?
Its intended use is for research purposes, testing, and calibration in industries requiring controlled urine samples.
Overall, synthetic urine is a mixture of chemicals that closely mimics the properties of human urine. It contains ingredients such as creatinine, some yellow coloring, and some companies add uric acid to the mix. It’s available in liquid or powdered forms, and some of the “premium” brands—such as Monkey Whizz, for instance—come pre-mixed and ready to use right out of the box.
Monkey Whizz kits typically sell for around $50.
It contains the following ingredients:
- Water
- Urea
- Uric Acid
- Creatinine
- Sodium Chloride
- Potassium Chloride
- Sodium Phosphate
- Other trace elements
Can they get away with cheating?
The idea, of course, is to submit the synthetic urine as their drug testing specimen. The scenario plays out something like this:
- If the dishonest employee is using Monkey Whizz or another ready-made product, they remove the kit from the box.
- A Monkey Whizz kit contains a vial of ready-made synthetic urine, an elastic belt to smuggle it in under the clothes—it’s designed to go undetected, of course. The kit also has two organic heat pads to maintain a normal body temperature.
- Once secure in the restroom used for testing, they simply pour the product into the specimen bottle and turn it in.
Are they going to get away with the ruse if they try it?
It’s not likely
We can never say never because a synthetic urine sample may have slipped through the drug testing cracks from time to time. That’s less and less likely as time passes, though. So, if it does still happen, it’s an extreme rarity.
That’s because, as time passes, drug testing protocols and laboratory techniques used for testing become more and more sophisticated.
Urine specimens are put through the following tests:
- Specimen Validity Testing (SVT): This test analyzes the urine sample for varying factors that include temperature, specific gravity, pH levels, and creatinine levels. If the specimen is negative, no further testing is necessary.
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS): Specimens testing positive for drugs as a result of the SVT are sent for the GC-MS test. It’s highly sensitive and accurately identifies even very small amounts of drugs and other chemicals found in the urine.
In addition to these tests, the specimens also undergo the watchful eye of the lab technicians. For instance, were you aware that urine is never void of sediments? Things like that raise a red flag and often result in further testing to ascertain that certain components naturally found in urine are present. Things such as the presence of uric acid and nucleated cells, for example.
What happens if they’re caught with their pants down?
If the employer doesn’t have a Second Chance policy included in their drug testing protocol, the dishonest employee is going to lose their job. Moreover, while there is no federal law against the sale or use of synthetic urine, many states have laws against using or selling it because they are used to defraud drug tests. If the cheater resides in one of these states, it can mean fines, jail time, or both.
States that have banned the use or sale of synthetic urine are:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- NewHampshire
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
There’s also the fact that their dishonest attempt is going to follow them making future employment a struggle to obtain. In addition to marring their professional lives, it can damage reputations and undermine trust among friends and relatives.
Someone should tell them it would be better if they went to their employer with their concern and see what happens after, rather than submitting a fake urine sample and risk being found out.
They’ll be found out
The truth has a way of coming to light. Even if by some minuscule chance the person receives a negative test result, odds are not in their favor that their drug use won’t be discovered in some other way. Especially, if the person is or becomes addicted to an illegal substance or to a prescribed pain medication, once used to help them cope with extreme pain post-surgery or after an accident.
Worse, they could be found out after a workplace accident occurs, which could mean that coworkers were injured, perhaps catastrophically. Even if only the employee were injured, testing positive for drug use means that they will lose their job. Moreover, they aren’t eligible for workers’ comp benefits.
Employers drug test for safety’s sake, both that of the drug user and their co-workers. Drugs have no place in the workplace. Someone under the influence in the workplace puts everyone at higher risk of being involved in an accident.
That’s just not acceptable.
