| Pot is the most usually used and tested for drug in the USA and several other countries. Depending on the amount of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) marijuana contains, it can differently impact upon the smoker.
When you ask the question "How much time does pot stay in your system?", you need to take into account the fact that there's no simple answer to the question. THC can remain in your system for as long as 3 to 90 days after administration. There are a great many criteria determining for how long drug toxins stay in the system, such as the analytical method used, your body weight, metabolic process, fluid taken, the level of exposure to the drug toxin, etc.
The speed at which marijuana leaves your body is dependent both upon the speed of your metabolic process as well as on the half-life of THC. It is estimated that THC can have a half life that ranges from 1-10 days. It is impossible to determine what that half-life is, which means that it is very hard to use it to calculate how long it will take THC to leave your body.
The type of test done can also have an effect on whether or not marijuana is detected. When examination of urine samples is the most widespread, it is also the least accurate. Pot can still be detected in a urine drug test for as long as a month after the last time it was used. If you smoke it now and then, it will remain in your system for up to 10 days. If you smoke weed on a regular basis, it will stay in your body for as long as 45 days, and if you smoke weed at a constant pace, it can stay in the body up to 90 days.
Blood tests are much more reliable, though more costly. As 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, and then is eliminated.
Hair drug tests are considered precise, because hair "keeps a record" of everything your body has been through when that hair was growing. However, hair testing is very expensive and seldom done by employers. |
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