Wednesday, June 3, 2009

How Long Does Marijuana Stay In Your System?


Marijuana is the most commonly used and tested drug in the United States and several other countries as well. Marijuana is the drug that is most likely to stay in your system for days, weeks, or even months. Therefore, even though marijuana is one of the most likely drug to cause you to fail a drug test. The speeed at which marijuana leaves your body depends on the speed of your metabolism. factores in determining how long the drug will remain in your sytem are your overall health, body weight, fat percentage, and the degree of exposure to the drug toxins.


The THC in marijuana enters the bloodstream within minutes of being smoked and is then rapidly absorbed and stored in fatty body tissue, including the brain, liver, bladder, and kidneys.

The fact that THC is fat soluble is the reason why THC is able to remain in the body and be detected for a relatively long period of time when compared to other controlled substances. THC can remain in the body and its metabolites can be detected by many drug tests from 3 to 90 days after it is ingested orally or smoked.

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