One of my friends is an pot smoker. Okay, more than one of my friends. Anyways. He was pulled aside at work today by his boss, sworn to secrecy, and his boss told him that the company would start drug testing in January - I guess some people (NOT my friend) have been smoking dope before/during work and it’s gotten to be quite a problem, and now the company’s owner is implementing drug testing. My friend was warned because they consider him a valuable employee, and didn’t want to lose him (what a nice thing to hear from your boss). So, he quit dope as of tonight, to stay at the job he loves.
My question is: how long does it take for pot to get out of your system? January is only two months away. It’s my guess that he would probably pass a pee test, but if they took a hair sample the test would probably come back positive. I’m not sure of any facts, and have done a few searches without any luck. Do you guys know of any sites with medical facts on this?
Note, btw, that the hair test can be used on any body hair, as well as head hair. Legal issues being what they are on this board, I’m not going to offer a solution to this, except to say that for best results he should stop smoking pot until after the test.
This website has good advice: http://www.urineluck.com/myth_info.cfm. The first thing it tells you is that drinking the infamous “snot” - Golden Seal - does nothing.
Your link gives me a Page Not Found, as it has an extra period at the end.
When I go to the home page, I find that it’s a page selling “detoxifying” substances to enable one to pass a drug test.
And it says, in the guise of providing information about specific drug tests:
And although they dutifully note that Golden Seal doesn’t work, they, on the other hand, have a product that does work! Two of them, actually, if you take Alexxandra’s friend and run him through the “Product Selection” menu…
Snake oil, and advice on how to cheat drug tests. Hmm…
Most companies use a standard urine test. 2 months will be more than sufficient time for his body to clear itself of thc. If he’s really worried about it, tell him to start exercising to burn off the fat cells, most ‘cleansing products’ don’t work, and check the internet for water, vitamin B, and red meat solutions (only for a few days before the test as extra insurance). He really shouldn’t be worried w/ 2 months, though
And what do you mean by this? Isn’t the OP ASKING about advice on how to cheat drug tests? I was only trying to warn him that Golden Seal doesn’t work. “Hmmm” yourself.
No. Here’s the question: “My question is: how long does it take for pot to get out of your system?” Nowhere in there, is any advice on how to cheat the test, solicited. Had advice of this nature been asked for, this thread would have been locked immediately. Here at the Straight Dope, we do not permit dissemination of information designed to break, or circumvent, the law, in letter or in spirit. And seeing that the question asked has indeed been answered, and that history tells me this thread, were it to remain open, would devolve into just that area we say is off-limits, I’m locking it.
[Note: Edited to add the word “not” in a particularly crucial place! ]
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