Monday, June 23, 2014

How Long do Drugs Stay in Your System?

How Long do Drugs Stay in Your System? Many employers require drug tests of their employees or potential employees. These tests used to target illicit drugs, such as cocaine and marijuana. But with the widespread prescription drug use today, the window of time during which tests can show positive for drugs has become a serious issue for law enforcement, employers, employees, and defendants in court proceedings. It is important to know how long drugs stay in your system.


Which Factors Determine Drug Duration in Your System?
It can be very difficult to determine how long a particular drug will stay in your body, simply because everyone is different and there are numerous variables that determine drug duration in your body. Here are a few things that make a difference:


1. Metabolism
If your metabolism is very fast, that means your body uses up things quickly – including food, water, and any drugs that you put into it. The slower your metabolism, the longer a drug might stay in your system.


2. Hydration and Body Mass
If you are overweight, drugs might linger in your system longer, as they might become trapped in fatty tissue. On the other hand, if you are very thin your metabolism might be high, prompting the drug to leave your system fast. Being very hydrated can help the drugs disappear, but that’s not true every time.


3. Amount and Frequency of Drug Use
How often you use a particular drug can make a big difference. Since a tolerance builds up over time, it stands to reason that the one-time use of a drug might clear your system quickly, but using drugs on a regular basis can lead to a lingering effect in your body. The amount you use makes a difference as well.


4. No Exact Timetable
Researchers have been unable to detect a particular time table on which the drugs leave the system. This is because drugs react differently for everyone; for instance, someone might tolerate pain medication very well and need very little. Someone else might need a higher dose, and that means the drug stays in their system longer, simply because of the sheer volume of it. The bottom line is that there is no exact timetable on when the drug clears the system, so there is no way to know when it is “safe” to test.


List of Common Drugs’ Duration in Your System
Though it can be tough to determine just how long a drug will stay in your body, there are some general rules of thumb when it comes to the most common drugs. Keep in mind that this list is not absolute, and shouldn’t be seen as a certainty. For more information on drugs and their time spend in the body, check out this site: http://www.passyourdrugtest.com/timetable.htm



































































































































































































































Substance


Misc Names


Urine


Blood


Saliva


Hair


Alcohol


Alcohol, wine, beer, booze


3-5 days via Ethyl Gluconoride (EGT) metabolite


12 hours


1-5 days


Up to 90 days


Cannabis


Marijuana, Mary Jane, pot, grass, reefer, weed


2 days to 11 weeks


2 days


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Cocaine


Flake, snow, powder, coke, crack


2-30 days


24 hours


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Codeine


Tylenol 3, Robitusin A-C, schoolboy


2-4 days


12 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Tobacco


Cigarettes, cigs, cigars, snuff


1-3 days


n/a


1-3 days


Up to 90 days


Ecstasy


Adam, XTC, STP


2-5 days


24 hours


1-5 days


Up to 90 days


Darvon


Opiate, painkiller


8-24 hours


n/a


1-2 days


Up to 90 days


Demerol


Mepergan, Pethidine


6-12 days


n/a


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Heroin


Cheese, Gear, Black Tar, Bobby, Junk, Harry, Smack


2-4 days


6 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Dilaudid


Palladone, hydrostat


2-4 days


n/a


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Opium


Dover’s powder


2-4 das


12 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Fentanyl


Lollipop, China White


8-24 hours


12 hours


1-2 days


Up to 90 days


Halcion


Benzos


1-6 weeks


6-48 hours


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Hash


Hashish, Hashish Oil


2 days – 11 weeks


2 days


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Hydrocodone


Vicodin, Lortab, Vics, Lorcet, Norco


1-6 days


n/a


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Spice


Synthetic Cannabis, JWH-018


2 days – 11 weeks


2 days


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


LSD


Hallucinogenic, Acid, microdot


8-24 hours


3 hours


1-2 days


Up to 90 days


Paragoric


Laudanum, Opium-based painkiller


2-4 days


12 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Loperamide


Maalox, Immodium AD


20-24 hours


n/a


n/a


Up to 90 days


Ludes


Methaqualone


2 weeks


n/a


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Peyote


Mescaline, cactus, buttons


2-3 days


24 hours


1-3 days


Up to 90 days


Meth


Crank, Crystal, ice, speed, rocks


1-4 days


1-3 days


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Morphine


Roxanol, Robitussin A-C, Codeine


3-4 days


12 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Nembutal


Barbiturate


2-10 days


1-2 days


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Oxycodone


Percocet, Oxy, oxycontin, percodan, hillbilly heroin


3-4 days


24 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Oxycontin


Oxy R, Oxy fast, Percocet with Acetaminophen


3-4 days


24 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


PCP


Angel dust, killer weed, wack, Supergrass


1-7 days, heavy use 1-4 weeks


24 hours


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Phenobarbital


Barbiturate


2-10 days, heavy use 1-2 weeks


4-7 days or 5-10 days


1-10 days


Up to 90 days


Mushrooms


Shrooms, magic, purple passion


2-5 days


n/a


1-5 day


Up to 90 days


Ritalin


Mommy pills


1-2 days


n/a


1-2 days


Up to 90 days


Tramadol


Tram cars, Ultram, ultracet


2-4 days


6 hours


1-4 days


Up to 90 days


Valium


Xanax


7-10 days, heavy use 1-6 weeks


6-48 hours


1-10 days


Up to 90 days














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