Re: The Illegality of Cannabis: A Fairfax Perspective
Date: November 27, 2008 11:43PM
tubby Wrote:
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> How do you guys handle random drug tests?
>
> I absolutely love my job and just wouldn't risk it
> for a high. I don't drive or operate machinery on
> my job, but the owner has a personal thing against
> drugs, so he pays to test us. My understanding is
> this is quite common nowadays....when I go to
> Inova for my tests, there is always a crowd there
> for drug testing.
>
> So, how do you guys beat the tests, or do you not
> have to take them?
I've never worked for a company that required testing.
But then again, I've worked for news organizations and magazine publishers for the last 15 years. If they were to drug test the journalists, they'd never be able to sell another publication.
I had a friend who was in the air force for a few years, many years back, where he was subject to random testing. What he did was to never smoke more than 3 days in a row, and only just after taking a test. That way there was never enough built up in his system, and he had the most possible time until the next test.
THC typically stays in your system for a few days or so, unless you smoke it regularly, in which case it can stay in your system for up to 30 days.
However, when I was younger, I took 4 drug tests for various reasons. In one case, I had smoked 2 days before. My strategy was to take Golden Seal pills, like 5 pills right away, and then 2 every 2 hours with lots of water. Drink a six pack or more of beer the night before the test, and a liter of water after you wake up the next morning, and make sure you piss as often as you can and refill your bladder with water after each piss. By the time you take your test, the fluid in your bladder hasn't been in your body long enough to accumulate anything (hopefully.)
If you want to expirement with strategies, do so right after the next drug test your boss makes you take (so you know you have some time to naturally clean out, just in case the strategy doesn't work). Smoke up the night after your test, then try some method, and pay for a test on your own and see what comes up.
Repeat that process until you find a successful method.
Some people just have really fast metabolisms and can smoke 2 or 3 days before a test and do nothing, and still come up clean. One co-worker at a previous job claimed he smoked the night before a test, and just drank a lot of water and passed.
Now, hair tests are a whole different story. I don't know if there's any way to beat those.
Also, I think it depends on the method of testing the urine, as to what is the best strategy. I'm sure googling "how to beat a piss test" or "how to beat a drug test" will come up with a lot of information. (just don't google that at a work PC)