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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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.
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.