| Cannabis (marijuana) is one of the highly addictive | | | | level is 15ng/mL for its metabolite- |
| illicit drugs of abuse in the United States. According | | | | Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid. |
| to National Survey on Drug Use and Health | | | | Hair testing: |
| (NSDUH), there were about 2.2 million persons | | | | Cannabis abuse can also be detected with hair |
| aged 12 or older who used marijuana for the first | | | | testing method, which is a little expensive than |
| time within the past 12 months in 2008 averaging | | | | urine tests. Hair tests require a sample of hair |
| 6,000 initiates per day. | | | | about the diameter of a pencil and 1.5 inches long |
| Cannabis is one of the five drugs tested for in | | | | to detect cannabis abuse. Hair tests can detect |
| standard NIDA approved drug tests, 'SAMHSA-5'. | | | | cannabis abuse over a longer period for up to 90 |
| The primary psychoactive substance in cannabis is | | | | days. The initial cutoff concentration in hair is 1.0pg |
| Delta-9-TetraHydroCannabinol (THC), though | | | | mg and confirmatory cutoff concentration for |
| many other cannabinoid compounds are present in | | | | cannabis metabolite |
| it. Cannabis can be detected even after a long | | | | Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid is |
| time of abuse as THC remains in the fatty | | | | 0.05 pg/mg. |
| tissues of the body and enters steadily into the | | | | Blood testing: |
| blood and urine. The common methods of | | | | Blood tests are the least common methods of |
| cannabis drug testing are- | | | | testing, as they are very expensive. Cannabis |
| Urine testing: | | | | blood tests provide accurate results. The |
| Urine testing is the common test method as it is | | | | detection period of cannabis in the blood is up to |
| least expensive. Urine tests provide results within | | | | 24 hours and it may be detected for a longer |
| minutes. However, lab verification is required to | | | | period in a frequent user. |
| get accurate results. They are commonly used at | | | | Cannabis is considered as the most commonly |
| home by parents to track their children and by | | | | abused illicit drug in the United States. Its early |
| employers at workplaces to detect their | | | | detection leads to prevention of cannabis abuse. |
| employees. Cannabis can be detected by urine | | | | Therefore, it is very important to know about the |
| drug test for 3 to 5 days and sometimes up to | | | | drug testing methods, which you can use to |
| 30 days depending on the amount of cannabis | | | | detect the presence of cannabis in your dear |
| abused. The initial test cutoff concentration is | | | | ones. |
| 50ng/mL and confirmatory cutoff concentration | | | | |