How long does weed stay in your system?

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mattpegher

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On average any thing other than a single use, will be detectable for a month in urine tests, one year in hair samples depending on the length of hair. Nothing has been reliably determined to lessen that.
 

Roguestar

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Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Originally posted by: FleshLight
Urine tests ftl.

You intentionally chose to name yourself after a plastic vagina? I think you just forever ended the debate about whether weed makes you stupid or not.

Rofl. Thread over!
 

j00fek

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don't ask questions on this board about this stuff, just go to marijuana.com and look on their forums.

no sense in getting lambasted with worthless remarks.
 

clamum

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Depends. For chronic smokers it could be in your pee for a long time. For a guy that smokes once in a great while, a couple days. Hair it'll stay in there until you cut it.

From Erowid:

Detection Period in Urine:
Single Use : 1-6 days
Weekly Use : 3-9 days
Daily Use : 7-30 days

Hair Testing
Cannabis use is detectable with hair tests and is generally included in the standard hair test. Hair tests generally take the most recent 1.5 inches of growth and use those for testing. That provides a detection period of approximately 90 days. If an individual's hair is shorter than 1.5 inches, this detection period will be shorter.

Blood Testing
Cannabis is detectable in the blood for approximately 2-3 days after use in an infrequent user. Frequent use can be detected in the blood for approximately 2 weeks.
 

Casawi

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Don't worry about it man! It doesn't stay on your system at all, keep on rolling'em. If you smoke after 10pm it's even safer.
 

Mrvile

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It all depends on how much you smoke. For frequent smokers it can take up to a month or more, for occasional smokers it can be as little as a week.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: 3NF
I think he's just trying to look cool at ATOT by telling us that he smokes weed ...

Then I should make a thread about how I'm cool because I have a job :)

Ah, yes, the two are completely incompatible?
 

goatjc

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Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
If you are a daily smoker, 2-3 months depending on how fat you are. If you only smoke on occasion, a few hours to a few days max.

Also, do not load up on water before the test, you can fail a test for that. If you do try the water trick, drink gatorade and take some b vitamins for color. . .even that is not a safe bet though.
 

natto fire

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: 3NF
I think he's just trying to look cool at ATOT by telling us that he smokes weed ...

Then I should make a thread about how I'm cool because I have a job :)

Ah, yes, the two are completely incompatible?

Also, even if you smoke just one time, you become completely schizophrenic. My schizoid alter-ego is named Rick. Rick likes to point shotguns at his face, and sit on Steve's couch.
 

Mxylplyx

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Originally posted by: goatjc
Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
If you are a daily smoker, 2-3 months depending on how fat you are. If you only smoke on occasion, a few hours to a few days max.

Also, do not load up on water before the test, you can fail a test for that. If you do try the water trick, drink gatorade and take some b vitamins for color. . .even that is not a safe bet though.

They test for dillution by checking creatine levels. Some people will eat alot of red meat for creatine levels, and b vitams like you suggested for color. GNC sells a drink, or used to, behind the counter called QCarb, or something to that effect, which does the same thing. You drink that, and then a ton of water a few hours before the test. They sell it in a 16oz jar for $40, essentially exploiting peoples fear and desperation when facing a pending drug test. I remember calling GNC before I had one in college. I asked "I heard you sell something that will help me beat a drug screen". I wasnt shy about it, and neither were they.
 

Mrvile

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Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: 3NF
I think he's just trying to look cool at ATOT by telling us that he smokes weed ...

Then I should make a thread about how I'm cool because I have a job :)

Ah, yes, the two are completely incompatible?

Also, even if you smoke just one time, you become completely schizophrenic. My schizoid alter-ego is named Rick. Rick likes to point shotguns at his face, and sit on Steve's couch.

Very true. I have smoked weed only once in my life and everything has completely changed. I became schizophrenic, lost my wife and both my kids to the voices in my head telling me to kill them, turned myself in and now face the death penalty. My parents have disowned me (I don't even know their names anymore) and I have no more friends. DO NOT SMOKE WEED it will ruin your life forever.
 

Mrvile

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Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
Originally posted by: goatjc
Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
If you are a daily smoker, 2-3 months depending on how fat you are. If you only smoke on occasion, a few hours to a few days max.

Also, do not load up on water before the test, you can fail a test for that. If you do try the water trick, drink gatorade and take some b vitamins for color. . .even that is not a safe bet though.

They test for dillution by checking creatine levels. Some people will eat alot of red meat for creatine levels, and b vitams like you suggested for color. GNC sells a drink, or used to, behind the counter called QCarb, or something to that effect, which does the same thing. You drink that, and then a ton of water a few hours before the test. They sell it in a 16oz jar for $40, essentially exploiting peoples fear and desperation when facing a pending drug test. I remember calling GNC before I had one in college. I asked "I heard you sell something that will help me beat a drug screen". I wasnt shy about it, and neither were they.

It depends on what kind of test they are administering. The dip tests (the ones they dip a strip into the cup and test it on the spot) don't test for things like vitamin levels and don't test for niacin (although they can still tell if you dilute too much). However, the lab tests (they send it to a lab and don't get the results for a couple days) tests for pretty much everything...creatine, niacin, vitamins B and C, gravity, etc.
 

RadiclDreamer

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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Just stash a cup of pee somewhere. Locker, ceiling tile, anus... the list goes on.

Actually, when you go to a clinic (at least any decent one) they turn off the water in the room, put dye in the toilet and test the temperature of the specimen when they receive it
 

Mxylplyx

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Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: 3NF
I think he's just trying to look cool at ATOT by telling us that he smokes weed ...

Then I should make a thread about how I'm cool because I have a job :)

Ah, yes, the two are completely incompatible?

Also, even if you smoke just one time, you become completely schizophrenic. My schizoid alter-ego is named Rick. Rick likes to point shotguns at his face, and sit on Steve's couch.

Very true. I have smoked weed only once in my life and everything has completely changed. I became schizophrenic, lost my wife and both my kids to the voices in my head telling me to kill them, turned myself in and now face the death penalty. My parents have disowned me (I don't even know their names anymore) and I have no more friends. DO NOT SMOKE WEED it will ruin your life forever.


Wow, it just made me put on a few pounds. This stuff is really unpredictable. STAY AWAY!!
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: 3NF
I think he's just trying to look cool at ATOT by telling us that he smokes weed ...

Then I should make a thread about how I'm cool because I have a job :)

Ah, yes, the two are completely incompatible?

Also, even if you smoke just one time, you become completely schizophrenic. My schizoid alter-ego is named Rick. Rick likes to point shotguns at his face, and sit on Steve's couch.

I also never had problems with spontaneous combustion until I tried pot. Now some part of my body bursts into flame at least once a week :(
 

FleshLight

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Well I've done it probably twice in my whole life, last time being a few weeks ago so I think I'm an addict. And it's not a job where anyone's lives are at stake.

edit:

I have a relatively high metabolism since I'm still a skinny Asian and hit the gym 3x a week and I don't drink that often so I guess I'm not that bad off.