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Often a concern of people who faced drug testing by employers, many people want to know how long do drugs stay in your system. The amount of times that a drug stays in someone system depends on the type of drug use, how much of the drug was consumed, and certain characteristics of the person.
Factors that affect how long drugs stay in your system include your age, weight, and overall health. How much and how often the drug has been consumed affects how long traces of the drug remain in the body. Even the person stress level can affect how long the drug stays in the person’s system.
LSD and psilocybin, commonly known as mushrooms or shrooms, stays in the system and is detectable by urine tests for approximately eight hours. Many drugs, including methamphetamine, nicotine, GHB, Ecstasy, amphetamines, oxycodone, codeine, heroin, morphine, and opiates, stay in the system for up to two days.
Marijuana and hash can stay in the person’s system and be detectable by urine tests for up to five weeks. Benxodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax can stay in the system for up to six weeks.
Angel dust, which is a common name for PCP, can remain in the person system for up to eight days. Alcohol usually stays in the system for up to six to ten hours, though this largely depends on how much alcohol is consumed, how fast it is consumed, and the person’s weight and metabolism.
Breathalyzer tests are accurate to detect alcohol because a percent of the alcohol that is consumed is expelled in the breath. Breathalyzer test cannot be fooled as easily as many myths claim. The only common myth that has any validity is that mouthwash containing alcohol can affect a breathalyzer test, only the mouthwash can make the person’s results higher, not lower.
Hair testing is another type of drug test. Most hair tests can indicate which drugs have been consumed in the last ninety days.
Blood tests can be used to detect drug use, but blood tests are not commonly used. Some prescription medications can cause a false positive on drug urine tests commonly used by employers.
Prescription medication stays in the system for varying amounts of time depending on the specific medication, dosage, and the individual’s metabolism. The half-life of a prescription drug is used to describe how long it takes for a drug to reach half of the potency of the dosage consumed.
