I just went to spend some time with some friends tonight, and a friend of mine smokes a lot of weed. He decided to lite a bowl and even though he was quite a few feet away I caught a contact buzz. I wasn't thinking until later that I had a drug screening for a job I plan on starting and I began to worry a bit. The drug screening is roughly 9 days away.
I've heard many different takes on this. If you could, give me a link to a notable medical source supporting what you've heard? And if you believe it is possible for me to fail my screening due to this, is there anything you know of that may flush the THC out of my system more quickly (before the test)?
2006-10-30 19:51:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Drug tests are unreliable and sometimes will not detect pot...sometimes it will detect poppy seed muffins in your system...Go figure.
There is no way to flush your system.
2006-10-30 19:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cousin used a similar story when taking an employment drug test. (Her story was fiction as she really did smoke.) She had about 2 weeks warning before the test and quit smoking. The test was positive, but I guess the amount was small enough that the employer bought her story and she still has her job. There must be a threshold they look at for second hand exposure.
2016-05-22 15:39:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can.
An Olympic Gold Medal was decided on this very issue. Nagano Winter Olympics 2002.
The Canadian Olympic Snowboarder - Ross Rebagliati - claimed he had not used marijuana in the last 10 months but lives in an environment where marijuana use is common. They believed the minute traces of marijuana in his system were the result of second-hand smoke after attending a party.
They gave him his gold medal after it was proven that you can indeed fail a drugs test because of second hand marijuana smoke.
2006-10-30 21:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, while cocaine is out of your system in about a week thc can take as long as 3 months for the metabolites to leave your system. I suggest you be honest with those doing the testing and offer to take subsequent tests to confirm you are not a user. Making the offer esp in writting may make all the difference in how they look at hiring you.
2006-10-30 20:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. You're breathing in the smoke, aren't you? It doesn't take a medical source to know this - just imagine, for a moment, the second-hand marijuana smoke had been toxic fumes. Wouldn't breathing them in have harmed you? That's because they would have penetrated your system. Same thing.
2006-10-30 19:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by dingobluefoot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly drug-savvy, so I coudn't answer most of your questions there. But perhaps you could try contacting those people giving you the drug test and detail your concerns. At the very least, they'll appreciate the honesty.
Most people wouldn't go near them if they've been around drugs.
2006-10-30 20:03:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Maul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm sure you can fail a drug test from second-hand marijuana smoke. as far as flushing the thc out of your system, only time can do that as far as i know.
2006-10-30 19:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by tiggerkitty3 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, not at all. You would have had to smoke a significant amount of weed, and recently, for it to show on a drug test. You are fine.
2006-10-30 19:53:48 · answer #8 · answered by NightTrainWooWoo 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You may well fail...it takes 30 days for THC to get out of your system.....OPPs!
2006-10-30 19:53:11 · answer #9 · answered by MC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you were right by the "smoker" and they were blowing smoke all in your face like you were recieveing "charges" then yes but if you were just in the room then i don't think so but just in case get some azo pills
2006-10-30 19:54:06 · answer #10 · answered by kris_robinson_7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋