The Original Whizzinator is a product advertised as a "wetsex simulator" intended to promote simulatedmale urination as a safer alternative to using real urine forsexualfetish activity — but most consumers purchase the device to fraudulently defeatdrug tests. The Whizzinator comes as a kit complete with dried urine and syringe, heater packs (to keep the urine at body temperature), a falsepenis (available in several skin tones including white, tan,Latino, brown, and black) and instruction manual. It was manufactured byPuck Technology ofSignal Hill, California, a suburb ofLos Angeles.
The device receivedmedia coverage in May 2005 in theUnited States afterOnterrio Smith, a formerMinnesota Vikingsrunning back, was caught with one at theMinneapolis–St. Paul International Airport, which resulted in his suspension. ActorTom Sizemore has also brought the Whizzinator into the public eye after having been caught with one attempting to evade drug tests.
In 2006, aPittsburgh-area woman and her friend were charged withdisorderly conduct andcriminal mischief after they asked a convenience store clerk to microwave one of the devices so the woman could pass a drug test.[1] The clerk, thinking it was a real penis, called police. The mischief charge was dropped after the friend agreed to replace the oven (OSHA regulations do not allow an oven to be used when bodily fluids are placed in it).[2]
TheUnited States Congress held hearings on the Whizzinator on May 17, 2005.
The Whizzinator continues to appear occasionally in news stories. In August 2015, aChicago man on probation in Indiana was caught using the device to cheat on a mandatory drug test. He had gone to the probation office forCook County, Illinois to take the test, and according to a police report repeatedly looked over his shoulder while urinating for the test, which drew the suspicion of a probation officer.[3]
The Whizzinator is now marketed as an "adult novelty item" which offers a wide variety of products. The company also offers a female version of the Whizzinator, called "Whizz Kit". The difference in the products is the female versions comes with a tube and not a prosthetic penis.
On October 14, 2008, theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania won a 19-count indictment against Puck Technology, maker of the Whizzinator, and its owners for fraud and selling drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors allege that by manufacturing and selling the Whizzinator, Puck Technology, company president Gerald Wills and vice president Robert Catalano conspired to defraud theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which administers federal workplace drug testing programs. The government soughtforfeiture of all of the company's assets, including its Internet domain names.[4]
On November 24, Puck Technology, Wills and Catalano pleaded guilty in a Pittsburgh federal court to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of conspiracy to sell drug paraphernalia. Wills and Catlano were scheduled to be sentenced in February 2009. They faced up to eight years in prison and an $800,000 fine.[5][6][7]
In April 2010, Wills was sentenced to six months of prison, while Catalano was sentenced to three years of probation.[8]
