Drug Use

[Racerly 0]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

[DeadPoolX 9]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

If you took a drug four-to-six months ago (and haven't used it since), you'll be fine. Different drugs will stay in your body for different amounts of time; however, they'll usually remain for somewhere around a few days to a few weeks or in more rare cases, about a month. Any longer than that and the drug will have passed through your system.

Do make sure to list and/or explain any and all prescription medications you're currently taking. Sometimes, the chemicals in illegal and legal drugs are so similar (or legal medication can be used for illegal purposes), that unless it's on record that you take that medication, the drug lab screening you will assume you having taken the substance through illegal means.

[mc2000ch 0]

Keep drinking a lot of water and you will be fine

[TinTin and Samby 11]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

[Racerly 0]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

Let me rephrase that. What I meant to say is I'm sure some of you have tried drugs just because you want to experience it or because you were of peer pressure when you were teens....

[almaty 19]

i did drug testing in the prison system..and currently most companies i am affiliated with use it....sweet lcuy stays around 30-45 days depending on body weight, fat mass and amount used and quality...

[*JG* 2]

We've done a kind of unofficial poll in the Yardie thread regarding ganga. You need to refrain for at least a month or two before the interview.

And NEVER EVER admit to drug usage of any kind. In Jamaica, even the admission of smoking years ago means a denial and automatic 3 year ban, with the possibility they will never approve.

[SaadBell 0]

The TRUTH behind drug testing

Hello everyone, I am a new member, but I have some experience that I think (And hope) will clear up a lot of the misinformation (And flat out money wasting) I see on this board.

My name is Brandon and I used to work for a medium sized drug testing firm located in North Carolina. We provided everything from record keeping, laboratory testing to legal compliance and on-site test kits.

Here are some basic things everyone needs to know about drug testing.

1. It is an entire industry formed on mis-information that's only exists to make money. Margins on drug tests are very high, especially when compared to other types of medical testing. This means companies like LapCorp and Quest Diagnostics earn more per drug test than any other test they perform, so they obviously aren't going to complain.

2. Drug tests do NOT detect THC. You could drop a bud into water and stick a drug test in. It will read negative. Every time. Drug tests look for the byproduct of THC consumption in your body, not the drug itself.

3. The detoxification industry is just as shameful and money oriented as the drug testing industry. Almost every detox product out there requires you to drink copious amounts of water prior to your test. It's the WATER, not the product that dilutes the sample and lowers the Ng/Ml (nanograms per milliliter) concetration of cannibinoids. Your system cannot "flush" all of the cannibinoids just because some product claims it can. Cannibnoids are stored in fatty cells, and I think everyone wishes they could magically "flush" fatty cells from their body

4. Laboratory testing is actually on-site (rapid read, quick scan, dip card. Whatever you want to call it) testing in disguise. Here are the economics:

The NIDA 5 (Cocaine, Meth, THC, Opiate, PCP) dip cards cost $1.10 wholesale (For a decent, american made card). They are much cheaper if you go with the Chinese imported version (remember, this is a money motivated industry. Most people use the cheapest they can get at the time)

Lapcorp charges the company anywhere from $14-$39 per "Laboratory Test" plus a "collection fee" of $10-$15. That's $25 per test at the least.

GC/MS (Gas Chromography/Mass Spectromity) testing actually costs a lot more than what they charge. GC/MS normally costs close to $100 per test. Anyone can obviously see the problem is every single test was run through GC/MS. Lapcorp would loose money. This is obviously not what happens.

ALL lab samples are "screened". They know that 99% of all of the tests are going to come up negative, so they hit them with the same $1.10 test that an onsite kit uses. If it comes out negative, it's reported negative and never sent to GC/MS. If it's positive, it heads over to GC/MS for quantitive verification.

All you have to do is be able to pass an at home kit and you are golden. Here is where the magic comes in. Drink WATER and take a B Vitamin. This will re-yellow your urine, which will pass visual inspection.

These companies are all about making money (on both ends, testing and "detox") Everyone knows drug testing is Bullshit (Penn and Teller should totally hit this for an episode). The truth is it's a multi-billion dollar industry, and the industry wants to keep it that way. Lapcorp, Quest, etc make a substantial amount of their profit from drug testing. They aren't going to deliberatly damage that.

The point of this post? Save your money. Chances are if you are looking for a job money is tight already. Add in gas prices and time wasted at interviews and driving all over town to be tested and $30 is a lot of money. Drink water, and take vitamins.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

Let me rephrase that. What I meant to say is I'm sure some of you have tried drugs just because you want to experience it or because you were of peer pressure when you were teens....

There's a big difference between "some" and "most"...so, which is it?

[Jenn! 918]

Well given that an "official" stat on lifetime marijuana use comes in at 40%, I would feel pretty confident in saying most people, once you factor in everyone who lies about it and people who have tried other illicit drugs.

[Eveline 9]

Please help. During K1 medical of course they will require drug test... I'm sure most people have used drugs at some point of their life. How long will the drug stay in your body? Or does it depend what kind of drug it was used? What if it's just mariajuana or weed? What if you took it 4 months ago or 6 months ago will it show on the medical results at the embassy?

Never. I have been drunk before but that's it. I'm a boring person I guess. At least I didn't have to worry about things like drug testing.

[SnowyTater 0]

Bwahahahahah! Get out of our country you stoner, you're screwed, you're an ethically terrible person!

But seriously.

I think four months sounds like a long time but I've always heard that the effects of pot on your brain last for 6 months. This doesn't mean the traces do, though. They probably just say that to terrify kids anyway.

I've never smoked so I don't know but for anyone who DOES have this little obstacle, especially if it's been much sooner, I can say that my brother owns a tattoo shop which has a bunch of smoking paraphernalia in it. He sells this drink thing that apparently, if you take it, it wipes out the traces in your system. People use it before job interviews and stuff.

I asked him about it once and he said they keep coming up with new ones because the drug tests keep changing, so they have to keep inventing them to get around the tests.

I reckon they do actually work, it sounded like they did.

So if you're worried why don't you google and find one of these? Sorry I don't know the names of them. I don't think they're really expensive though.

[sereia 0]

you'll be fine. just don't do it again before your test and make sure to drink water.

[doodlebugg 10]

Don't they sell fake pee?

[Racerly 0]

Thank you so much everyone. I feel so relief.