# Could I have I caught a contact or is it my mind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 28, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-have-i-caught-a-contact-or-is-it-my-mind/281857 "2004-12-28T01:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-have-i-caught-a-contact-or-is-it-my-mind/281857/1 "2004-12-28T01:45:25Z")
I was in the car with my friend today and this one other dude that I didn’t meet before and he lit up a joint and for the next 20 minutes I was in the car with all the windows rolled up and one guy smoking a joint. I swear by the end of the ride I was a little high and I didn’t take a hit, I don’t smoke but I love the way it smells. My question is; Is 20-25 minutes in a car with the windows up and only one person smoking is that enough time and enough smoke to catch a contact high? Would this show up on a drug test? If it matters I was in the back seat the smoker was in the front. My clothes do have the very faint smell of chronic left over but I like that smell. ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-have-i-caught-a-contact-or-is-it-my-mind/281857/2 "2004-12-28T02:19:53Z")
contact high? Yes. but not long lasting. Show up on a drug test? Yes. But not enough to give a “positive” result. But it COULD show up. (they give a grey area because poppy seeds will show up and of course, 2nd hand exposure)