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Avoiding a positive test

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How to get rid of THC from your body?

Although cannabis is allowed in some countries of the world, it is not yet allowed in France. And testing is rarely a fun time, especially if you are a cannabis user. That's why Kilograms offers you some tips to help you get rid of the THC in your body.

How long does cannabis stay in the body?

Several factors, both internal and external, can affect how long it takes for THC to leave your system.

First of all, you should know that THC is usually detectable in fluids such as urine and saliva from the first day of use, and up to 30 days after your last use. But it can also be detected in your hair, even after several months without using cannabis.

Let's retrace the path that THC takes in our body. First, it is consumed, and goes into the bloodstream, then it is metabolized in the liver, where it is broken down into about 80 metabolites. Once the THC is broken down, it can be eliminated from your system little by little.

However, many of these compounds still remain in your system even though the THC itself is gone. That's why some screening tests are designed to detect specific metabolites, such as11-nor-9-carboxy-THC acid, also written as THC-COOH.

THC content of cannabis

There are varieties of cannabis that contain a higher level of THC than others. Some plants can even reach 30%, which is quite strong!

The higher the level of tetrahydrocannabinol in a flower, the longer it will remain in your body, as well as its metabolites.

Genetics, one of the intrinsic factors

The genes contained in each individual will play a role in how quickly cannabinoids, whether THC, CBD, CBG, etc., are broken down.

It is the cytochrome P450 enzymes of the liver that play the role of cannabinoid breaker, of which THC is a part. However, due to the variability of our genes, this enzyme works at different intensities in different individuals. Thus, some people will be able to metabolize THC faster than others.

Consumption habits

The amount as well as the frequency of your cannabis consumption are the most important factors to consider when trying to get rid of the traces of THC in your body.

Well, the principle is quite simple: the more cannabis you consume, the more metabolites your body will have. And the more often you consume it, the longer it will take to decompose, since you are "adding" to it with each consumption.

So, if you are an occasional user, your system eliminates THC more quickly than if you were a recurrent user. 

THC elimination time

Each one has its own body, each one has its own elimination time

THC, while it is being degraded and eliminated by the liver, can be detected through screening, for the simple reason that its metabolites are stored in fat cells.

Thus, a person with less body fat will logically store less of these molecules, and vice versa. This is one of the reasons why women tend to eliminate THC more slowly than men, given that they have more body fat than men, and therefore metabolize cannabinoids more slowly.

The metabolic functioning of the user is also part of the equation. Some people can burn calories without becoming very active, while others may have difficulty eliminating THC from their bodies.

The type of test and its sensitivity

There are 4 types of screening tests: urine, capillary, salivary, blood, and each has a different detection window.

This means that the sensitivity of the test refers to the concentration threshold of THC and/or its metabolites above which a test is considered positive. The more sensitive the test, the wider the detection window.

If you would like to learn more about the different types of screening tests, we invite you to read this article.

How to remove THC from your body?

If you are a cannabis user, and you need to be tested, don't worry! The Kilograms team reveals its secrets to help you eliminate THC from your body quickly:

1. Stop using cannabis

It may seem obvious, but the first thing to do if you are going to be tested is to stop using drugs altogether.

The idea here is to eliminate as much of the THC and/or its metabolites as possible. So the longer you go without using cannabis, the more likely you are totest negative. There is no minimum length of time to eliminate THC, it will depend on how often and how much you consume cannabis.

2. Stay well hydrated

To clean up your system, nothing beats good hydration, and that means absorbing water.

Of course, water is not miraculous, even if it is heavy water, and will not remove all traces of cannabis in your body, but it could be very useful in case of urine test. In fact, when you drink water, you will have to urinate, because the body takes care to respect theosmotic balance, that is to say that it regulates the quantity of water present in your body according to the one which goes out of it and which returns. If you ingest water, your body will have to eliminate it in order to maintain this balance.

To help clean out your system, urinate as much as possible 24 to 48 hours before the test and stay well hydrated on the day of the test. 

However, you must be careful not to drink too much of it, because if the urine test is too "diluted", it could arouse suspicion, and thus force you to take a new test, and not necessarily a urine test...

3. Take a zinc treatment

According to a study, released in 2011, zinc was found to be an effective urine adulterant that would have the potential to produce a false negative test result.

Thus, oral consumption of zinc supplements taken immediately after occasional cannabis use may interfere with the detection of THC metabolites in the urine. The effectiveness of zinc is expected to last between 12 and 18 hours.

The convenience of this method is that you can find zinc just about anywhere in pharmacies and organic stores, without needing a prescription.

Remember to check out the vitamin section if you ever need to test for cannabis.

However, remember to ask the advice of your doctor and/or pharmacist if you are also taking another treatment. Moreover, this method works more on occasional consumption than on regular consumption.

4. Use activated carbon

Another method of preparing your body for a test is activated charcoal. Used as a medication many years ago, it is still used to remove certain molecules from the body, and is also used to manage drug overdoses.

Indeed, it binds to different substances and helps the body to get rid of them, thanks to its negative electrical charge which allows it to bind to positively charged molecules.

And of course, this binding process works with THC metabolites. In fact, did you know that the metabolites circulate through your system via a process called " enterohepatic recirculation "?

They move from the bloodstream, then to the liver, to the intestines before being absorbed back into the bloodstream, and the cycle starts all over again. The only difference in this new cycle is thata portion of the metabolites is then discharged as waste with each new cycle.

The charcoal then has the role of trapping the metabolites before they finish their cycle, and thus eliminating them more quickly.

In conclusion, there is no perfect way to quickly remove THC from your system.

Indeed, since there are too many variables involved, these techniques can help you in the elimination of THC, but none of them have been proven to be effective.

However, one thing is for sure, the above methods can help speed up the process. So it's up to you to manage your consumption in order to pass the screening tests without any problems!

For this, we advise you to go towards CBD, which does not lead to positive tests, but which has benefits that can act on the body and mind !