THC Detox Shop / Drug Detection Times: How Long Until Urine Detox
If you're thinking about letting your urine detox by itself, it's probably a good idea to know how long you have to wait. Here is a list provided by NIDA for urine detox drug detection times. It's a bit ironic that urine detox takes the longest for marijuana and marijuana cousins such as hashish. By being more likely to catch those with the longest urine detox times, drug tests are basically biased against marijuana users. It's also rather ironic that urine detox takes only a few hours for alcohol which is, of course, the most widely abused drug in the world.A random drug test every six months or so is approximately 75% more likely to turn up a marijuana user than a user of any other drug. Considering that marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug, the percentages will actually be much higher in many test groups. Of all drugs, marijuana is the most accepted and the least likely to disrupt lives and work habits. When you review the urine detox tables, you really have to wonder how drug testing is helping improve productivity in the workplace.
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Substance |
Examples of Proprietary or Street Names |
Medical Uses |
Route of Administration |
Period of Detection |
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Stimulants |
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Amphetamines |
Biphetamine,
Dexedrine; Black Beauties, Crosses, Hearts |
Attention
deficit |
Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed |
Up to 5 days |
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Cocaine |
Coke, Crack, Flake, Rocks Snow |
Local Anesthetic, vasoconstrictor |
Injected, smoked, sniffed |
Up to 7 days |
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Methamphetamines |
Desoxyn; Crank, Crystal, Class, Ice, Speed |
ADHD, obesity, narcolepsy |
Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed |
Up to 5 days |
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Methylphenidate |
Ritalin |
ADHD, narcolepsy |
Injected, oral |
Up to 5 days |
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Nicotine |
Habitrol patch, Nicorette gum, Nicotrol spray, Prostep patch; Cigars, Cigarettes, Smokeless tobacco, Snuff, Spit tobacco |
Treatment for nicotine dependence |
Smoked, sniffed, oral, transdermal |
Up to 5 days
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Hallucinogens and Other Compounds |
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LSD |
Acid, Microdot |
None |
Oral |
Up to 8 hours |
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Mescaline |
Buttons, Cactus, Mesc, Peyote |
None |
Oral |
Up to 3 days |
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Phencyclidine & Analogs |
PCP; Angel Dust, Boat, Hog, Love Boat |
Anesthetic (veterinary) |
Injected, oral, smoked |
Up to 8 days |
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Psilocybin |
Magic Mushroom, Purple Passion, Shrooms |
None |
Oral |
Up to 8 hours |
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Amphetamine variants |
DOB, DOM, MDA, MDMA; Adam, Ecstasy, STP, XTC |
None |
Oral |
Up to 2 days |
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Marijuana |
Blunt, Grass, Herb, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Smoke, Weed |
None |
Oral |
Up to 5 weeks |
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Hashish |
Hash |
None |
Oral, smoked |
Up to 5 weeks |
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Tetrahydrocannabinol |
Marinol, THC |
Antiemetic |
Oral, smoked |
Up to 5 weeks |
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Anabolic Steroids |
Testosterone (T/E ratio), Stanazolol, Nandrolene |
Hormone Replacement Therapy |
Oral, injected |
Oral; up to 3 weeks (for testosterone and others); Injected: up to 3 months (Nandrolene up to 9 months) |
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Opioids and Morphine Derivatives |
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Codeine |
Tylenol w/codeine, Robitussin A-C, Empirin w/codeine, Florinal w/codeine |
Analgesic, antitussive |
Injected, oral |
Up to 2 days |
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Heroin |
Diacetylmorphine; Horse, Smack |
None |
Injected, smoked, sniffed |
Up to 2 days |
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Methadone |
Amidone, Dolophine, Methadose |
Analgesic, treatment for opiate dependence |
Injected, oral |
Up to 1 week |
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Morphine |
Roxanol, Duramorph |
Analgesic |
Injected, oral, smoked |
Up to 2 days |
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Opium; |
Laudanum, Paregoric; Dover's Powder |
Analgesic, antidiarrheal |
Oral, smoked |
Up to 2 days |
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Depressants |
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Alcohol |
Beer, Wine, Liquor |
Antidote for Methanol poisoning |
Oral |
Up to 10 hours |
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Barbiturates |
Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital; Barbs |
Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative |
Injected, oral |
Up to 10 days |
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Benzodiazepines |
Activan, Halcion, Librium, Rohypnol, Valium; Roofies, Tranks, Xanax |
Antianxiety, Anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative |
Injected, oral |
Up to 6 weeks |
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Methaqualone |
Quaalude, Ludes |
None |
Oral |
Up to 2 weeks |
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Information compliments of NIDA |
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