Alcohol, cannabis, hard drugs … The consumption of these substances leaves traces in the body. But for how long exactly?
As soon as a person uses drugs or alcohol, their body begins to break them down. During this process, a compound resulting from his metabolism leaves traces in his blood, urine and hair. Sometimes several days after consuming the product. However, the duration of detectable presence in the body depends on the nature of the product consumed.
The alcohol :
The only licit substance on this list, alcohol can lead to serious health problems if it is consumed excessively and too regularly. This substance is also very long for the body to digest since it takes about half an hour for the liver to start the decomposition process after consuming a standard glass of alcohol (12 cl for wine, 25 cl for beer). The presence of alcohol in the blood ranges from 10 to 12 hours in the blood and 3 to 5 days in the urine.
Cannabis:
Cannabis is the drug that stays in our body the longest. If we are not all equal in the face of cannabis use, THC, the psychoactive substance in cannabis responsible for the high effect, stays between 1 and 3 weeks in the blood, and 7 to 30 days in the urine.
Cocaine:
Although it is dangerous for health, cocaine has a much shorter lifespan in our body than cannabis. Indeed, this product generally consumed by inhalation or injection leaves traces in our blood for 1 to 2 days, and 3 to 4 days in our urine.
The heroine:
Drug belonging to the opaque family, heroin is consumed, like cocaine, by injection or inhalation. Its duration in the body is also relatively short: about 12 hours in the blood and 3 to 4 days in the urine. Note that the heroine has a very powerful addictive power. If it disappears relatively “quickly” from the body, it will very quickly become addicted to it, on average after a few catches. In some people, one intake is enough to tip them into addiction.
LSD:
This very powerful hallucinogenic drug which is consumed by ingestion is the one that disappears the fastest from the body. In fact, traces of LSD in the blood dissipate after 2 to 3 hours, from 1 to 2 days in the urine and take three days to disappear from the hair.
Ectasy:
Ectasy is a synthetic drug derived from the MDMA molecule and is taken orally in pill form. The presence of ectasy after ingestion is detectable in the blood for 2 to 3 hours and 3 to 4 days in the urine.
You will understand, these substances take time to be evacuated from the human body. These metabolites are valuable for drug testing because they can accurately determine whether a person has consumed psychotropic substances or not. Hair drug tests are very accurate since most drugs (except LSD) leave traces for about 90 days.
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