Hey everyone. I'm new here but have read this entire thread and think that I can add!
5'11 and pushing 215 lbs. I used to be very active though not much lately (however I have begun running again some and doing other exercises).
I've potentially got diversion coming up for getting pulled over with 2.5 grams. My diversion court date is the 23rd. If I have to go (my attorney may be able to go for me), they may test me. The 23rd gives me 32 days since I smoked last (maybe 5 - 6 hits of some pretty good stuff). Before those bowls, it had been about a month as well.
Anyway, in my searches I came across a few things that might be helpful for everyone:
**50 ng tests versus 15 ng**
Obviously, the 15ng tests will be more sensitive. However, take a look at this:
https://www.usscreeningsource.com/iscreendipaccuracy.pdf
Scroll down to the THC test, and you will see a chart. Basically, they took 150 negative and positive tests at 50ng and then tested those at 15ng. The chart says that only 7 of 150 tests that were negative at 50ng were positive at 15ng.
This might provide some confidence to those who have to take a test that will be done at 15ng. They may be able to try a home test at 50ng and be at least a little bit more confident
Of course, these 50ng tests HAVE to be this accurate in order to be FDA approved so there may be some slight of hand as far as their data is concerned.
**30+ days to be clean**
This is always the rule of thumb. As everyone likely knows, this is always different for different people. However, here's something that might give people some confidence:
Drug test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quote: " . . . more recent studies have shown that detection times of 30+ days are actually quite exceptional, even for chronic users subjected to tests with lower than normal cutoffs. Under the typical 50 ng/mL cutoff for THC, an occasional or one-off user would be very unlikely to test positive beyond 3–4 days since the last use, and a chronic user would be unlikely to test positive much beyond 10 days. Using a more sensitive cutoff of 20 ng/mL (less common but still used by some labs), the most likely maximum times are 7 days and 21 days, respectively."
As the article states, it is all relative to the person and the test that you are taking but these things have given me more confidence that 32 days should be enough even though I am not terribly active and a bit overweight.
I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions (for research or for passing my own test)
