How Mike Tyson famously faked a positive drug test whilst at the top of his boxing career. 

Given we are in the midst of one of the hardest pandemics most of us have ever known. We decided that the tone for the OdiliaClark blog would be on a slightly more light-hearted note this week. 

We are exploring how Mike Tyson managed to pass a drug test in what most people would deem an unthinkable way. 

Mike Tyson is considered to be one of the top-heavy weight boxers of all time, his record speaks for itself.

Losses: 6, Wins: 50, Total fights: 58, Wins by KO: 44.

“Iron Mike” recently announced a particular way that he managed to pass a drug test at the peak of his boxing career, astounding his fans and certainly provided some entertaining news headlines that week.  

Tyson has admitted to taking recreational drugs. The former heavyweight champion of the world admitted to using marijuana and cocaine while at the peak of his career. 

Top boxers, like employees of a business, are required to partake in sporadic doping checks. Mike Tyson had an unbelievable plan that saw him using a ‘fake penis’ and relied on urine from family members to help deliver a clean sample. 

Mike devised his plan and named his silicone friend the “whizzinator”, a prosthetic penis attached to a urine bag — to avoid detection during the height of his career when he often took cocaine.

“It was awesome, man,” Tyson said of the device. “I put my baby’s urine in it. One time I was using my wife’s [urine] and my wife was like: ‘Baby, you better not hope that it comes back pregnant or something.’

It is surprisingly common to perform an escapade similar to Mike Tyson with urine drug testing, as there is a world of online shops for that very purpose. There are many alternative tests than urine to check for opioids and amphetamine in employees or athletes. 

The aviation and aerospace industry is thoroughly regulated. Our latest blog discussed and detailed the changes in legislation that is highly significant for cabin crew and pilots regarding drug and alcohol testing. 

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This article was written by one of the Odilia Clark research team. Odilia Clark is a specialist HR services company with over 30 years of combined experience in the space. If you would like to find out more, please get in contact with the Odilia Clark team today.