The amount of time the drug stays in your system varies with the dose and your body type, some people are just lucky and the drug may not be picked up by the test. On average, though, it will stay in your system for around 3 to 5 days, longer if you do not brush your teeth.
These saliva tests are generally used to show current intoxication although they do not indicate a level of impairment in the same way that a blood alcohol test does. The accuracy of the test is around 97-98% with false negatives being common, particularly over 12 hours after consuming the drug where the accuracy takes a sharp drop.
It can be detected in the body through other tests for much longer, however with urine tests being effective up to a couple of weeks, although they will not necessarily show up in someone who has just smoked because the active ingredient THC needs time to metabolize in the body and be passed in the urine.
Heavy or regular smokers have reported positive drug tests after up to 90 days, this is because the THC is stored in fat cells in the liver, brain and other areas.
These saliva tests are generally used to show current intoxication although they do not indicate a level of impairment in the same way that a blood alcohol test does. The accuracy of the test is around 97-98% with false negatives being common, particularly over 12 hours after consuming the drug where the accuracy takes a sharp drop.
It can be detected in the body through other tests for much longer, however with urine tests being effective up to a couple of weeks, although they will not necessarily show up in someone who has just smoked because the active ingredient THC needs time to metabolize in the body and be passed in the urine.
Heavy or regular smokers have reported positive drug tests after up to 90 days, this is because the THC is stored in fat cells in the liver, brain and other areas.
