Isn't THC traceable for like 6-9 months in your system?

[bluestateguy]

That's what I remember hearing.

[NYC_SKP]

1. In your hair, that sounds reasonable.

In your tissues, less time, and in your fluids, even shorter time.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. A month or so tops

being fat-soluble. It can be detectable in hair for much longer.

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4. That's why some employers...

will require two separate tests... urinalysis for recent/short term drug use... hair tests for long term use.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Not that long:

Unlike urine tests, blood tests detect the active presence of THC in the bloodstream. In the case of smoked marijuana, THC peaks rapidly in the first few minutes after inhaling, often to levels above 100 ng/ml in blood plasma. It then declines quickly to single-digit levels within an hour. High THC levels are therefore a good indication that the subject has smoked marijuana recently. THC can remain at low but detectable levels of 1- 2 ng/ml for 8 hours or more without any measurable signs of impairment. Chronic users have been found to show residual blood THC levels of 1.5 (+/- 0.5) ng/ml for a full week after ceasing use [Karschner].

http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/drugtestguide/drugtestdetection.html#blood

[awoke_in_2003]

5. More like a month...

that being said- so what? Even if he had just smoked a fatty and wandered down to pick up some Skittles, that does not mean he was a violent aggressor. Whiskey may make some violent, but I have NEVER seen a violent pot smoker.

[fascisthunter]

6. it doesn't matter... WTF does smoking pot have to do with his murder?

[HiPointDem]

7. +1

[fascisthunter]

8. it's sick... Trayvon is placed under a microscope

and his murderer is still walking around. Fucking incredible!

[HiPointDem]

11. sure seems so. where are the drug reports on zimmerman and the photos of martin's injuries?

[fascisthunter]

13. nah.. Zimmy is speshul

we've all seen the special treatment he has been given. But Trayvon walking with a hood with traces of marijuana is somehow a story and a reason why he had to die. I'll never set foot in FL again.

[mother earth]

20. Huffpo link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/new-trayvon-martin-evidence_n_1525285.html

[fascisthunter]

29. thank you mother earth

it's funny saying that on DU... I tend to say it often while not being on the computer. Cheers.

[mother earth]

18. Z. was on both uppers & downers being reported on HuffPo now, couple that with his wannabe cop

status and "intermediate" range, it's no looking very special for Z. He was told not to engage, he brought this on because he wanted to and it ended the way he wanted...why not go to the ER immediately as requestet? He saw his family doc the next day, to get signed off to go back to work.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/new-trayvon-martin-evidence_n_1525285.html

[fascisthunter]

22. SYG needs to be protected, and by default, Zim can not be held accountable

THAT is what this is all about. You'll notice the most rabid pro-gun carrying bunch looking for ways to absolve Zimmy.

[HiPointDem]

32. Thanks. Adderall & Temazepam, huh? Isn't clear to me if that's self-reported or from actual

testing.

I think he should have been drug-tested.

[Ian David]

10. If anything, it would have made Trayvon too mellow to be much of a threat. n/t

[fascisthunter]

28. Exactly Ian!

[FogerRox]

15. I smoked pot for years, I never got shot....

'bout 30 yrs..... never got shot.

[fascisthunter]

17. I've smoked for a little less

and never got into a fist fight while high. This whole pot=violence is straight out of the right wing weirdo book, something McCarthy the paranoid freak would be proud of.

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21. You're not on the defense team... are you?

And I have little doubt that Zimmerman is "under a microscope" as well.

[fascisthunter]

23. no... and you aren't worth my time

you gn nut weirdo

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27. Apparently I was worth your time to respond.

If it were me, and I was that unconcerned about it... I would have just laughed, ignored it and gone about my business rather than tell that person how unconcerned I was.

[malaise]

9. Six to eight weeks

according to the experts in Jamaica

[Cleita]

12. I thought weed made people more mellow and laid back, which could

give lie to the fact that he would have been violent unless he was attacked first.

[doc03]

14. What about the shooter? Was he checked for drug use? Strange all

the evidence that just happens to leak out seems to support Zimmerman. Then there is the grainy
picture of Zimmerman where he looks beat up and the video that supposedly was taken later doesn't
show any injuries.

[pnwmom]

16. Not for drugs or alcohol. They forgot to test him.

[kestrel91316]

26. There is no "forgot" about it. They deliberately did not test because they had

already decided the darkie done wrong.

[pnwmom]

30. I think that's most likely true. But that's not what they claim. n/t

[mother earth]

19. There were drugs in Z's system:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/new-trayvon-martin-evidence_n_1525285.html
The leaked report said Zimmerman was taking the prescription drugs Adderall, which is prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, and Temazepam, an insomnia medication, said Crump.

“He was on uppers and downers at the same time,” the attorney said. “These are medications that can cause side effects such as agitation, delusions and mood swings. That’s what he was on prior to the shooting. The question becomes, did those drugs have an effect on George Zimmerman the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin?”

[doc03]

31. But, but they don't count they were prescribed by a doctor. We have a

war on marijuana you know.

[vaberella]

34. Can you make this it's own thread Mother Earth.

CAuse for real...the Zimmerman defenders are pissing me off. They are acting like Trayvon Martin deserved to die. I'd love to see a discussion on this!

[LadyHawkAZ]

24. Depends how much you do and how long you've been

doing it. It took my SO 3 months after quitting to pass a UA, but he was a heavy heavy daily smoker.

6 months seems a bit much.

[vaberella]

35. See I thought that stuff stayed in your hair for like ever. n/t

[LadyHawkAZ]

36. That, I don't know

it would only be in your hair until the hair grew out and was cut, I'd think.

[vaberella]

37. That's what I remember hearing.

I remember I had to get tested to work in a bank and they took my hair sample too. I know in the army they do the same thing.

[piratefish08]

25. 40 days - usually less. varies by person.

[vaberella]

33. It can stay in your hair for like a year I think or longer. n/t