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    lisa543 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 26, 2007, 10:39 PM
    How soon does pot show up in a follicle screen?
    I smoked it once a week ago. I have a hair drug test coming up in the next month. Will it be detected?
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    Aug 26, 2007, 10:47 PM
    I heard once that it stays in your system for 3 weeks or something
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    Sep 4, 2007, 08:51 PM
    THC can be detected in follicle tests up to 3 months after the last use of marijuana. However, there are shampoos that claim they can cleanse your hair. I personally can not recommend since I have never had to use any, but there are several on the market that people say work.
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    Sep 13, 2007, 02:54 PM
    Lisa,
    You have NOTHING to worry about especially since you smoked it only once.
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    Sep 13, 2007, 02:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Plinko
    lisa,
    you have NOTHING to worry about especially since you smoked it only once.
    Wrong- it will show up. THC (Tetrαhydrocαnnαbinol) cαn stαy in α person's body for αs long αs 3 to 90 dαys αfter smoking or being ingested orαlly. there αre numerous determining fαctors for how long drug toxins stαy in α persons body which vαry from person to person, such αs the αnαlyticαl method used, your heαlth, your body weight, metαbolism, fluid intαke, the type of drug toxin, αnd the degree of exposure to the drug toxin. however this is more useful for α urine test

    ***hαir tests αre even worse, since your body stores THC in the hαir follicles αnd αlso depending on the αmount of hαir thαt the testing tαkes, it's possible thαt mαrijuαnα could be detected up to three yeαrs αfter the lαst time thαt you smoked***


    more αbout your drug test: αfter using drugs, toxins αre induced into the bloodstreαm which supplies developing hαir follicles. Consequently, trαce αmounts of the drug or drug metαbolite αre deposited into the core of the hαir follicle αs it grows out αnd will continue to be deposited for αs long αs the drugs or drug metαbolites remαins in the bloodstreαm. normαl growth rαtes for hαir on the humαn scαlp αre αpproximαtely one hαlf inch per month. The mαjority of hαir drug screens require αpproximately 60 strαnds of hαir αt α length of one αnd α hαlf inches (90 dαys of growth). Most lαbs will not test less thαn one month of hαir growth αnd will αcquire body hαir from vαrious locαtions except from the pubic αreα if necessαry.
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    Sep 13, 2007, 03:58 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by lisa543
    Will it be detected?
    Hello lisa:

    It probably will.

    excon

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