Hi guys, I'm new here but not new to MJ I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to through simple searching on the web. Anyway, I'm being drug tested in anywhere from one week to 1 month, I don't know when at this time, but I've been abstinent for two days now hoping my THC-COOH levels begin to drop. My normal habits is 3 bowls a day, sometimes 4 on the weekends of headies (20/g). Obviously there is no answer to the question "how long will it take for me to be clean" but I was wondering if you guys consider my habit of avg. 3 bowls a day to be heavy use. Compared to infrequent smokers or party smokers, it obviously seems like that would be heavy use, but when I read science journals/studies they often cite heavy use as 6-8 (or more) joints per day and I don't use anywhere near that much bud. Considering how much I put in my bowls, I'd say I average 1.5 joints a day and I go through an eighth a week. I hope to get a better sense of how long it will take for my THC-COOH levels to drop below the 50ng/mL threshold used in drug screening. ***just an aside, I'm a biochemist so I'll understand any chem jargon if necessary.
Wow man I'd be pretty frustrated if my first post on this forum had that as a reply. I don't know what to say OP but if you havn't already,there are alot of cool sticky threads to check.There are some good tips dropped by users there .I wouldn't say you have a "heavy use" as in like junkie status lmao but I'm sure you've built up a pretty big amount of thc in you Wish you the best
thats definitely heavy use dogg. i consider myself a heavy user and i only smoke once a day sometimes not even.
thanks for the replies nyystateofmind and methman, i actually didn't see ralphie wiggum until now when you guys replied as I was in the other room watching TV for a bit...meh what can ya do about it. as far as the topic is concerned yeah i'd agree also that an eighth/wk is heavy use but when i see 6-8 joints a day, relatively speaking im not so bad then hahah. I'll check out those stickies for sure, thx again.
that's about average in my book, but if you could possible have a DT in a weak you need to stop smoking regardless of how often you blaze.
yeah I've already stopped as of Friday night as soon as I heard it was coming but I wanted to get a rough idea of how long it'd take for THC-acid to clear and that's why I was asking if what I smoked was considered heavy use. Most resources categorize clearance times based on how often one uses i.e. heavy 7-30 days according to Erowid which I trust. I've also heard that seasoned smokers' metabolisms are accustomed to the breakdown of THC and that clearance can actually be expedited compared to a n00b toking for his first time or infrequent users, so that's kind of interesting too.
In my opinion if it's a "critical" test (they all are, right?) if I couldn't stop for literally a full month beforehand I would just buy or borrow clean piss.
........... I don't know what you guys understand under "heavy user". But I go through 3 grams a day and don't consider myself a heavy user. 3 bowls a day is not much, but it's still a habit.
That is not heavy use at all. Heavy use would be smoking a bowl every hour. Every two hours is legit.
For a drug test that would be heavy use. I think you're just better off not smoking. Why are you being tested and how long till your last test?
According to NIDA (the people who determine the standards for drug tests) smoking 3-4x a week is "heavy use"
To me, three bowls a day maybe isn't heavy but is probably above average. To give you an idea of how much I smoke - I work ~50 hours a week plus another 20 hours from home, easily. I generally smoke 1/2 a bowl an hour or so after getting home, and the other half around 8pm. If by 10pm I'm having trouble sleeping (I wake up at 4:45 to go to work) I'll get up and hit a very small bowl (one hits worth) and watch some tv to help me sleep. On the weekends if I have nothing going on I'm generally blazed. I normally get my shit taken care of before noon on sat, toke on a nice full bowl around 12. Repeat at 4, repeat at 8... maybe another.. so 4 sat/sun? Speaking of... it's late.. I'm off to bed