I applied for a job many months ago, which
will require a medical including screening
for the use of any illegal drugs. I have
now been contacted and will probably have
to go for this medical at some point over
the next couple of months. Incidentally
bupa will be carrying out the medical.
Unfortunately for me, a few weeks ago I
partook in smoking some cannabis. This was
over a couple of evenings, and I have to
stress the one and only time for many
years, and involved maybe 8 joints in
total.
What I would like to know, if anyone can
tell me, is how long it will take to get
it out my system so it isn't detected. I
have heard figures ranging from 3 weeks to
never. Also, if anyone can tell me what
method bupa use to detect it. Urine or
hair sample?
One thing is for sure though, if I do get
the job, random tests are carried out
periodically, I won't be touching it
again.
Moved to addiction forum, as this posts is
not regarding medical marijuana
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-05-07 13:12pm
What is bupa?
I believe the time frame is 6 weeks for
urine/blood tests.
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EklipseX
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Posted: 07-05-07 13:13pm
In your case I would say no more than 2
weeks. However if they are performing a
hair test, then it probably won't be gone
by the time you get tested. Hair tests
however are expensive and I doubt they
will use that method. Just exercise and
drink plenty of fluids every day and it
will help get rid of the THC.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-05-07 13:21pm
I pulled the following information from a
drug testing site:
"the vast majority of cases one should see
no detectable levels of THC metabolite
(under 50 ng/ml) after six weeks. Yet, the
medical cannabis patient and the chronic
cannabis user represent a different case.
Years of regular cannabis use saturate
fatty tissues with cannabinoids that are
but slowly released depending upon
metabolic rate, weight loss, physical
activity, etc.
Many of our patients were referred by the
criminal justice system. These patients
faced legal sanction should they continue
to test positive for illicit drugs. For
this reason I directly supervised our drug
testing program at the I-ADARP clinics
(Interagency Drug Abuse Recovery
Programs). We insisted that tests were
truly random, that staff was adequately
trained, that a chain of custody was
established, that all tests were directly
supervised by staff, and that a good
diagnostic laboratory was utilized.
Our initial screens were immunoassay
providing a qualitative result. All
positives at our clinics were then
retested by GC/MS both to confirm results
and to provide a quantitative measure. It
is from the review of thousands of these
tests that I can state that long term
regular users of large amounts of cannabis
can easily test positive at a level of
25-50 ng/ml for 6-12 weeks."
Hope this is helpful to you.
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EklipseX
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Posted: 07-05-07 13:26pm
Something that I hear cleans your system
out is to take niacin pills. You can get
them at the drug store as niacin is a
simple vitamin. Take a couple, but drink
lots and lots of water afterwards because
after taking niacin you will feel kind of
dried out and hot, its hard to
explain...but stay hydrated! Every day you
should take 3 or 4 niacin pills, take them
all at the same time. It can make you
uncomfortable, but when it comes to
getting tested, its worth the effort.
Also i think since you are not a regular
user that it will clear out quicker than
those who are regular smokers.
