Some Questions About Marijuana Detox...?

Question

i have a friend who's really scared about their physical and urine test at the doctors. They smoked marijuana a couple hours ago. This morning they drank a certain tonic superfood drink from Whole Foods, it had Acai berries and Goji berries. Both contain tons of antioxidants.

My questions are: What are the things you want to have to help cleanse oneself of THC (Marijuana)? Are Anti-Oxidants good for that?

and

Will the antioxidant drink that was taken before smoking contribute to the overall detox?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The problem with THC (the active component in cannabis) is that it's highly fat soluble. This means that regardless of how you take it in, it shifts into fatty tissues and sits there for quite some time. Then it's slowly leached back into the blood over time. That's why the elimination half-life is about 56 hours. So, in 4-5 days, urine levels should be undetectable.

The other issue with fat soluble drugs is that they almost always have to be metabolized by the liver first, before they are water-soluble enough to be eliminated by the kidneys. And it's those metabolites that are being looked for by urine drug tests. You can take all of the "detox" potions and cranberry pills and wave a magic wand all you like, but nothing really will speed up that process.

Ironically, the liver uses oxidizing reactions to convert THC into something that it can eliminate from the body. By overloading your body with antioxidants, you actually hinder some of those processes that result in proper metabolism of xenobiotics (drugs and toxins).

Frankly, it's all a myth designed to fool folks who want to believe that they can use drugs without consequences. The only true detox is "time".

Answer 2

Cranberry juice. I hear from so many people that this is what helps the most. It flushes out your system. It might take a few days depending on how much your friend smoked, the body weight, and how much your friend smokes. It takes about 3 to 30 days to get clean depending on all of that. Its not a guarantee that your friend will be clean in 3 days but if s/he rarely ever smokes (once a month/once a couple months) and sweats a lot and drinks cranberry juice (and also only smoked a small amount- half a joint/half bowl pack) s/he should be fine within three days. If they really aren't sure about it try it and you can buy home drug tests in pharmacy's for about $20 a pop. hope everything works out for your friend.