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Marijuana remains in the system up to 90 days |
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| Date Added: October 18, 2010 09:33:28 PM | |
| Author: alwyssa99 | |
| Category: Health: Medicine | |
Marijuana is the most commonly used and tested for drug in the United States and several other countries. Depending on the amount of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) pot contains, it can differently impact upon the pot smoker. When you ask the question "How long does marijuana stay in the system?", you should take into consideration the fact that there's no simple answer to the question. THC can remain in the system for as long as 3-90 days after administration. There are countless factors determining for how much time drug toxins stay in the body, such as the analytical method used, your body weight, metabolic process, fluid taken, the degree of exposure to the drug, etc. The speed at which marijuana leaves your system is dependent both upon the speed of your metabolism as well as on the half-life of THC. THC is estimated to have a half-life that varies from 1-10 days. It is almost impossible to determine what that half-life is, which means that it is very difficult to use it to calculate how much time it will take for all of the THC to leave your body. The type of test conducted can also have an impact on whether or not weed is detected. When urine drug tests are the most common, they are also the least reliable. Weed can still be detected in a urine testing for as long as a month after the last time it was used. If you smoke it now and then, it will stay in your body for up to 10 days. If you smoke marijuana regularly, it will remain in your system for as long as 45 days, and if you smoke pot at a constant pace, it can remain in the body for 90 days. Blood sample are a lot more accurate, though more costly. Because THC is stored in the fat cells of the brain, the liver, the kidneys, the chemical substance is gradually released into the blood flow, where it eventually passes through the liver, is cleansed, and then eliminated. Hair drug tests are assumed to be reliable, since hair "records" everything your system has been through while that hair was growing. However, examination of hair samples very expensive and seldom done by employers. |
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