Re: Sandra Bland - Do you even get high if you eat a "large" amount of Marijuana??. I thought it

[Ghost in the Machine]

44. The active ingredient in pot, THC, also stores in the fat cells of the body. The THC from *1 joint*

can be detected for up to 30 days, depending on your metabolism. A daily smoker who smokes 3 or 4 joints per day can take **months** to get clean. I know this from personal experience, and it was explained to me by a doctor. I was referred to pain management in 2004, after 2 major neck surgeries from an accident that left me disabled. Before my accident, and subsequent surgeries, I wouldn't even take an aspirin for a headache because I hated taking pills of *any* kind.

The doctor prescribed me Oxycodone 10/325s... 10 milligrams of oxycodone combined with 325 milligrams of acetaminophen. Within 30 minutes uf taking the pill, I was passed out on the couch, in the chair, etc. I didn't like that, so I just put the bottle away in a drawer and would only take one every once in a great while, like when I couldn't sleep due to pain, and had been up for 2 or 3 days. **NOTE**: I was injured on 9/5/03, and waited a little over a year to have surgery as I was still able to walk, and they only gave me 40% chance of not coming out of surgery paralyzed from the neck down. The pain got so bad that I finally told my Neurosurgeon "Go ahead and operate because at this point, I think paralysis would be preferable to the pain".

I had my first surgery on Sept 21st, 04 and spent 8 days in the hospital. Upon release, I was given 120 oxy 10/325s again. That's 4 per day! Every time I woke up, my wife was shoving another pill on me as I was in a lot of pain from a botched operation. I was given another refill at the end of October, and scheduled for the 2nd surgery around the middle of Nov. 04. I spent 9 days in the hospital then, getting released 2 days before Thanksgiving, with 120 more oxys. This time, I weaned myself off of the pills in 2 weeks, and started smoking pot for pain relief even though it wasn't legal in my state. On my first follow-up visit, the doctor asked if I needed more pain pills and I told him "No, I have found a more "natural" pain reliever, and I can actually function on it." He smiled knowingly and said "This is off the record, but marijuana is the best pain reliever known to man. I have no problem with you smoking it".

Fast forward to 2010.. I decided to try pain management, as I was spending close to $400/mo on pot and thought "here I am with this insurance and prescriptions only cost me $1.10/ea, I can get a months supply of pain meds and save a BUNCH of money!" I quit smoking for a little over a month, made an appointment, and still tested positive for THC. This went on for 4 months! That's when the doctor explained that the THC stores in your fat cells. It comes out in your sweat, and if it isn't washed off immediately, it reabsorbs into your body, making the levels higher, like you have just recently smoked. I told him that I *knew* that I hadn't been smoking, but had been sweating, and trying to lose weight. He said that explained a lot, and finally wrote me a prescription for some real pain meds instead of Tramadol.

They *could* have found the marijuana in the fat cells of her liver or other organs. I hope this helps you, or anyone else, understand how THC can be detected...

Peace,

Ghost