A 34-year-old member asked:
How do urine drug tests determine if you're doing drugs?
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Dr. Tarek Naguibanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 41 years experience
They detect: Certain drugs that are excreted in urine from the body.
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Dr. James Krickanswered
Urology 37 years experience
Drug tests: Traces of a variety of drugs of abuse appear in your urine and can be detected by chemical tests. Most potential drugs of abuse are tested for in a routine urine drug screen.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
How long previous can urine drug tests detect pot?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Months: Single use of marijuana should be out of your urine in 1 to 7 days. Regular use of marijuana – should be out of urine in 7 to 100 days. Single use marijuana can be detected 12 to 24 hours in blood. Regular use marijuana can be detected for 2 to 7 days in blood.Marijuana regular use detected in hair for months. Single use might not be picked up in hair.
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Last updated Jan 6, 2014
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