I’ve got a drug test coming up, but I can’t help but get paranoia about the fact that I may not pass the test as I am often exposed to lots of smoke, I live with couple other people who smoke a lot in the flat.
Esmeralda TateSocial Butterfly
Is it possible to fail a drug test as a result of secondhand smoking?
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While nobody can say with certainty, it’s incredibly unlikely that you would fail a drug test under those conditions. First, it takes a steady intake over a period of time to build up a detectable amount in your system. Second, drug tests aren’t reporting any presence; they’re reporting presence above a certain level. It’s incredibly unlikely that your single exposure would have built up an amount of the drug in your system to be above the reporting threshold of the test.
Yes, you can actually fail a drug test as a result of secondhand smoking. I once failed a drug test in hospital due to the fact that they found THC in my body and I never touched or used weed in my life, but I did let some friends smoke in my kitchen while we talked in there. Second hand smoke did not make me fail a drug test bought in a store, but when the government tested me using high quality tests, I failed.