How Long does 9 drugs (substances) stay in your system


Our body is a complex system and it interacts with substances we take in different ways some of which are difficult to understand.

When we take substances like drugs, they are processed by the body releasing byproducts some of which may be released immediately while others take longer for them to get out of the body.



In fact, some substances may remain in the body throughout the entire life of an individual. In this article, we examine how long various substances or drugs stay in our system.

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How Long Does Weed Stay In Your System

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Different individuals have unique metabolism for processing weed meaning that the time it would take an individual to test negative of cannabis may differ from one person to another.

For example, a study conducted in 1989 involving chronic users of weed produced a maximum detection window of about 25 days at a drug sensitivity of 20 ng/mL

However, on average, it took around 9.8 days for the cannabinoid levels to be undetected in body. In another study conducted in 1984 testing chronic users of weed at a sensitivity level of 50 ng/mL produced a maximum detection period of 40 days with 8 out of every 10 people needing only about 13 days to give their first negative result.(1,2,3,4)

How Long Does Weed Stay in your blood

The circulatory system shows signs of cannabis for the shortest time. Active cannabinoids like THC pass through the bloodstream for their effect to be felt. When you smoke weed, the weed makes its way into the blood via the lungs and when you ingest it, it enters the bloodstream through the stomach.

When in the body, active cannabinoids get to the brain to induce the euphoric sensation that makes you feel high or in case of cannabinoid CBD, a therapeutic effect is prompted.


The body rapidly metabolizes and breaks down the active cannabinoids present in blood giving the reason why when you take weed, it does not stay within blood for a long time. Specifically, it takes weed compounds or cannabinoids like THC about one to two days to be detected in body, and that’s after a single use. In case you consume weed multiple times a day, it may take about a week for the last detection to be recorded in blood.

How Long Does Weed Stay in your saliva

Saliva tends to show the same kind of drug detection window when it comes to consuming weed. Most mouth swab drug tests look for same active compounds or cannabinoids as blood tests do. After smoking, Delta-9 THC is absorbed by the saliva glands.

Specifically, it may take about one or two days for THC to be detected in your saliva after you had your last puff. In case you smoke many times a day or if the weed is considered to be more potent, then the traces of THC may stay about a week.

How Long Does Weed Stay in your urine

The body will absorb and process the psychoactive THC substance in weed as well as other active cannabinoids. However, byproducts of THC are also fat-soluble meaning the THC metabolites tend to bond to fatty tissues. This is the reason the body may take some time to expel the THC metabolites.

For example THC itself does not stay in your urine, however, THC-COOH will stay, but the difference is that the byproduct is totally inactive meaning you will not have the effect although there is presence of the chemical within your system. It’s quite difficult to have a define answer as to how long cannabis stays in your system because people tend to have different traits.

Often, the time it takes cannabis to stay in the urine mostly depends on how frequently you smoke up. There may be other factors that determine the stay of the weed in the urine including body mass index and the metabolic rate or how hydrated an individual is.

Various research information tend to show a particular trend in how much time it takes for weed to be detected in the renal system and it’s as follows:

  • For 1-time use- it takes 5-8 days
  • For 2-4 times in a week- it takes 11-18 days
  • For 5-6 times in a week – it takes 33-48 days
  • For daily use- it takes about 50-65 days and up to 77 days

How Long Does Weed Stay in your hair

Cannabis stays or shows up in hair for longer period than it is detected in other system in the body. Hair follicle testing may reveal weed use up to many years after the last episode of use. However, most hair follicle tests will look for weed use after 90 days of the last usage.

The human hair grows at a rate of about 0.5 inches every month meaning if you take 1.5 inches of the hair, it would test for a period of about three months. Taking the end of hair that is one foot long would test for weed use for two years. That said, weed use may not show up in hair for one or occasional users. But for chronic users of weed, that’s were hair testing is able to work out well.

For the regular users of weed, once THC has made its way to the follicle and hair strands, traces of the substance can remain there forever.

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How Long Does Alcohol Stay In Your System

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When you take alcohol, about 20 percent is rapidly absorbed into your bloodstream through the stomach and the remaining goes to the small intestines. Any remaining alcohol that hasn’t been metabolized will leave through saliva, urine, and sweat. When in the bloodstream, alcohol goes to the liver where it is metabolized or processed.

In the liver, enzymes are released that breakdown the alcohol. The rate of metabolizing alcohol varies from one individual to another. Among the factors that affect alcohol metabolism are such as age, race, gender, body size, food, and family history. (5,6,7,8)

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your blood

Alcohol concentration in blood also known as BAC is used to determine how long the substance stays in the system. Generally, the estimate for alcohol stay in body system is at 0.015 per hour.

That means for a person having a BAC of 0.08 that is considered the state where it’s illegal to drive, is going to take about 5.5 hours to get the alcohol out of the body system.

If you drink a lot or you take alcohol on empty stomach, it may take longer to flush it, often been able to have the substance in the blood system even the following day.

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your urine

In urine, alcohol can show up after 80 hours meaning you may have the substance in urine 3 or 4 days after your last drink. However, the test results may differ depending on their sensitivity, as there are some that are more sensitive in detecting alcohol in urine than others.

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your breath

As part of routine breathalyzer tests, it has shown that alcohol can show up for about 24 hours after you had the last drink. That means it may take up to a day for alcohol to be tested negative in breath.

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your hair

You may think that follicle test is only done on weed users, however, it can also be used in testing alcohol. You may have alcohol detected in your hair after 90 days or even longer from when you took it.

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your saliva

It may take about 10 to 24 hours for alcohol to be undetected in saliva after the last use.

How Long Does Alcohol Stay in your breast milk

In breast milk, alcohol can remain there just as it does in blood. When the alcohol leaves your blood, it also exists your milk.

This means that even when you pump and dump breast milk, it makes no difference because the pumping isn’t going to eliminate the alcohol from your breast milk. As long as it is present in blood, it will also get to the breast milk.

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How Long Does Cocaine Stay In Your System

Cocaine is considered a fast-acting stimulant capable of producing intense, short-lived highs that can last for about 15 to 60 minutes in the body system. The levels of cocaine will peak in about 30 minutes in body after you have ingested it through injection, snorting, or smoking.

The peak levels in body may also vary depending on the way you have taken the drug. For example, if you use it intravenously, it make take about 5 minutes for the effects to be felt. It will take about 30 minutes to have the peak levels if you snort it, and about 45 minutes if you smoke it.

In case of oral digestion, it may take about 60 minutes. (9,10,11,12)

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The half-life of cocaine is about an hour meaning that it takes approximately one hour for half of the substance you have consumed to exit the body. However, if you are a heavy user, or you use cocaine frequently, it may begin to accumulate in your tissue and show in different drug tests.

How long cocaine stays in blood

You may have traces of cocaine showing up in your blood for up to 48 hours following the last use. There are users with cocaine tolerance meaning there may be some large overlap between lethal, toxic, and therapeutic concentrations. You may have situations where there is no presence of cocaine detected in blood even after an individual has had prolonged use of the drug.

How long cocaine stays in hair

At least, traces of cocaine may show up in hair after 90 days when you use the drug. What you need to know is that cocaine is unlikely to leave it’s mark at the hair’s root but in other areas. You may have the substance in your hair until that hair is cut off or falls out. This means it can be present for a very long time as long as the section of the hair where is has left its mark is still present.

How long cocaine stays in urine

There may be no exact period or window of detection of the drug cocaine in an individual’s urine. Cocaine metabolites can be released through urine and it may take up to several weeks for the traces to be undetected. Chronic and heavy users of cocaine may show the substance in urine for up to 10 days after having a binge use.


How long cocaine stays in sweat or saliva

You may have cocaine in saliva for up to 19 hours and in case of sweat, the substance may show up between 4.5 to 24 hours.

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How Long Does Nicotine Stay In Your System

Nicotine is an addictive substance derived from plants that belong to the family solanaceae and is used in tobacco-containing products including cigars, chews, cigarettes, and snuff. Nicotine may be found in smaller quantities in tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, and eggplants.

Nicotine is composed of a compound that has over 4000 chemicals. When you smoke tobacco, nicotine goes through the lungs and liver before it reaches the brain in only about 7 seconds. It is a highly addictive substance and when you take it once, you may find it difficult to quit. (13,14,15,16)

How long nicotine stays in blood

In blood, nicotine takes about 1 to 3 days before it’s flushed out. So, depending on personal trains and other factors like the dose of the nicotine, you may find the period differs.

How long nicotine stays in urine

Urine tests have shown that traces of nicotine can be detected up to 3 or 4 days after an individual had their last consumption. However, for passive smokers or people who smoke frequently, nicotine may still be found in urine for up to 15 to 20 days.

How long nicotine stays in saliva

An individual may show traces of nicotine in their saliva for up to 4 days after their last use.

How long nicotine stays in hair

In hair, traces can be found months or even years after the last consumption. Typically, nicotine will stay in hair for about 1 to 3 months after your last smoke, however, it can still be present many months or even a year.

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How Long Does Xanax Stay In Your System

Xanax is a popular benzodiazepine used to treat conditions like panic attacks, anxiety, and social phobia. People have differences in metabolizing xanax and depending on age, health, genetics, dosage, and frequency of usage, you may find that some individuals metabolize the drug faster than others.

Averagely, the elimination half-life of xanax is 9 to 16 hours. This means that in about 16 hours, an individual would have gotten rid of half quantity of the dose of xanax. (17,18)

How long xanax stays in blood

An individual may show traces of xanax up to 1 day after they last used the drug.

How long xanax stays in urine

Urine samples taken to test individuals of xanax may show that the drug stays for up to 4 days. However, if you are a heavy user, you may find that the substance may take up to a week to clear from the urine.

How long xanax stays in saliva

Traces of xanax may be found in saliva for up to 2.5 days after the last use of this medication.


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How Long Does Molly Stay In Your System

Molly is a drug that is used to boost energy and enhance an individual’s mood. Because molly is now available in different concoctions, it may be difficult to determine how long it stays in the body. This is because, it will depend on the compounds present in the drug.

The duration it takes for the drug to stay in the system varies depending on frequency of intake and individual’s traits.

How long molly stays in blood

This drug can stay in blood for about 12 to 24 hours after the last use depending on whether you took a single or multiple dose.

How long molly stays in saliva

In saliva, traces of molly can be detected for up to 5 days depending on the dose.

How long molly stays in urine

Urine tests indicate that molly can stay in urine for a period of 1 to 5 days after which it may not be detected, again it also depends on the dosage.

How long molly stays in hair

Molly may remain in hair for a couple of months or even longer. Hair follicle tests have shown that molly may have its traces detected up to 90 days or even more.

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How Long Does Heroin Stay In Your System

Heroin is an opiate that when it enters the bloodstream, it can accumulate in fat tissue. Taking heroin may bring effects that last from some few minutes to hours, however, the drug may still be in your system after that.

Again the detection window for heroin may vary depending on quality of the drug, the frequency of use, metabolism rate, and height and weight of the person.(20,21,22)

How long heroin stays in hair follicles

This drug substance may be detected in hair follicles for up to 90 days after you last took it. In some cases, especially with heavy users, it can stay longer.

How long heroin stays in urine

Traces of heroin may show up in urine for a period of as little as just two and half hours with some tests showing positive results after 2 days. In heavy users, it can take up to seven days before the drug clears from urine.

How long heroin stays in blood

Heroin leaves the bloodstream within a time frame of six hours, after that, an individual may not show traces of the drug in blood.

How long heroin stays in saliva

Samples of saliva may indicate presence of heroin in short time, for instance after an hour of consuming the drug. It may also take long, probably 24 hours before it stops showing up in saliva tests.

If an individual has been using heroin for long or they have taken a large amount or dose, it may take longer than 24 hours.

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How Long Does Suboxone Stay In Your System

Suboxone has a buprenorphine formulation and is used to treat addiction of substances like heroin hydrocodone.  The time it takes suboxone to leave the body system may vary depending on body fat content, age, weight and height, metabolism speed, liver health, size of the dose, and the length of time one has been using the drug.

The drug has a longer half-life when compared to other opioids. The half-life may be about 44 hours meaning that is the time it takes for half of the dose to be released out of the body.(23,24)

How long suboxone stays in blood

In blood samples, suboxone may be detected for up to 2 hours after an individual has had the last dose. The traces of the substances may be seen for up to a week or even more following the last dose, especially for frequent users or heavy users.

How long suboxone stays in urine

In urine, suboxone may show up in about 40 minutes after the last time of use and will continue being detected for a period of about 2 weeks for the heavy users.

How long suboxone stays in hair follicles

In hair follicles, you may find traces of suboxone months after taking the drug. For example, it can take up to 90 days or even more before it stops being detected in hair follicles.

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How Long Does Oxycodone Stay In Your System

Oxycodone is a drug used to treat moderate to severe chronic or acute pain. It is in the group of medications known as narcotic analgesics. The half-life of the drug is about 5 hours and its peak level may be achieved after one hour.(25,26)

How long oxycodone stays in blood

In blood, oxycodone will show up in just about 15 to 30 minutes and the traces may remain in bloodstream for about one day or 24 hours.

How long oxycodone stays in urine

Oxycodone will show up in urine in about 2 hours and it remains detectable for about 3 to 4 days.

How long oxycodone stays in saliva or sweat

In saliva, oxycodone will show up in pretty short time, perhaps in 15 to 30 minutes and its traces may continue to be detected for as long as 1 to 4 days.

How long oxycodone stays in hair

In hair, oxycodone may be detected after about 5 to 7 days and it remains detectable for a 90 days or even more.

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