I have a friend who may have to take a drug test
Fatback
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The last time this friend used anything that might turn up was Saturday 4/3/10. (Chocolate truffles made with THC butter.) He may have to take a urine screen that will test for THC in three to four weeks. Do we think he'll be OK or are there some steps he should take to speed up the removal of THC from his system?
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I had a "friend" who was in the same predicament. My advice would be to grab an empty milk jug and keep filling it with water,drink, and repeat as often as you can. I,...I mean.. "my friend" did this after smoking 3 days before a test and passed.
...and obviously don't smoke any until that point.
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yes drink water but dont grossly overdo it you could lose too much sodium and thats dangerous, drink a lot but not more than a 1/2 gallon a day.
more than that is unhealthy
Interesting. I drink about I gallon a day. About 15 tall glasses throughout. I started because my physical therapist advised me to increase my water intake to see if it helped with my lower back pain. It did. In fact my water intake increase combined with daily hamstring stretches have nearly healed my chronic back problems. And I've tried EVERYTHING else.
Either way, those are just generally good things for your body, anyway.
It came out negative, and with the timeframe your friend is looking at, I really wouldn't worry too much.
But, better safe than sorry I guess. Apart from what has been said already, a bottle or two of cranberry juice is always good for de-toxing the system.
Nonetheless, you piss it out.
Right, but the water is not going to cause the THC to be removed from your body any faster, or at least in any relevant way.
EDIT: Unless you mean that you could dilute your urine, or give a "mostly water" sample. Most labs check for things like that, though, and may make you take the test over if they see a suspiciously low level of solutes in your urine.
"Don't be mad U.P.S. is hiring." - Biggie
I have always wondered at what point a company crosses the line into your own personal life. Under the influence whilst working is never a good idea and that I can understand. But what the hell is it their business what you do in your own time?
"But I got high before I came to work!!!"
exactly. if you're boy has 3 to 4 weeks, i wouldn't trip too much. thc stays in the system for up to 28 days and if all he had was a little weed butter and doesn't really smoke it a lot otherwise, he shouldn't worry. just drink the water, maybe some cranberry juice and exorcise....
If it's THAT important, just have "him" drink lots and sweat lots and "he" should be fine. Otherwise, just be honest. I can't believe that employers in the year 2010 would be that naive to think that that some of their workers don't smoke or enjoy some libation after hours. Hell, half of the people at my work are proud alcoholics and the only couple of people who have gotten fired or denied employment via a drug test (for drivers of large trucks as per the California DOT) were coke users. Unless "he" works for some corporate stiff job in the Bible Belt or something, "he" shouldn't worry.
How much did he use leading up to the last time? If had been months, and the truffle was the only recent isolated incident, all traces of THC should be gone without having to do anything above and beyond normal behavior (such as drinking gallons of water per day) in about 7 days.