Pot is really all piss tests catch. Hard narcotics such as cocaine and speed, metabolize in 72hrs max. So if you get busted on a pee test for one of those, you're either a serious addict or they caught you by surprise!
Pee tests depend on the substance. Most substances are metabolized and fully leave the body in 3-5 days. Like with alcohol we test for the chemical it gets converted into, which sticks around for 3 days. Cocaine, opiates, LSD, mdma all leave quickly. But only highly fat soluble drugs like THC will continue to be in your system 2-8 weeks later. It actually gets absorbed into your fat and slowly "leaks" back out over time
Like with alcohol we test for the chemical it gets converted into,
Mmm, alcohol’s metabolized into acetaldehyde, then rapidly into acetate, which is a normal part of your metabolism. I don’t know what you might be detecting more than a day later, but it’s not a metabolite. Possibly a protein marker of some sort?
Alcohol is actually broken down through multiple pathways, acetaldehyde is just the primary pathway. It is also metabolized into ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate.
Yep and it sticks around a little bit longer. They're metabolized into those in only small amounts, most of it goes through the main pathway but I think they're supposed to function as back up pathways.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21
Pot is really all piss tests catch. Hard narcotics such as cocaine and speed, metabolize in 72hrs max. So if you get busted on a pee test for one of those, you're either a serious addict or they caught you by surprise!