Drug Detection Times in Urine

The Urine Detox Countdown
If you're thinking about letting your urine detox by itself, it's probably a good idea to know how long you have to wait. Here is a list provided by NIDA for urine detox drug detection times. It's a bit ironic that urine detox takes the longest for marijuana and marijuana cousins such as hashish. By being more likely to catch those with the longest urine detox times, drug tests are basically biased against marijuana users. It's also rather ironic that urine detox takes only a few hours for alcohol which is, of course, the most widely abused drug in the world.

A random drug test every six months or so is approximately 75% more likely to turn up a marijuana user than a user of any other drug. Considering that marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug, the percentages will actually be much higher in many test groups. Of all drugs, marijuana is the most accepted and the least likely to disrupt lives and work habits. When you review the urine detox tables, you really have to wonder how drug testing is helping improve productivity in the workplace.

Drug Detection Times: How Long Until Urine Detox

Substance	Examples of Proprietary or Street Names	Medical Uses	Route of Administration	Period of Detection
Stimulants
Amphetamines	Biphetamine, Dexedrine; Black Beauties, Crosses, Hearts	Attention deficit Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obesity, narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	Up to 5 days
Cocaine	Coke, Crack, Flake, Rocks Snow	Local Anesthetic, vasoconstrictor	Injected, smoked, sniffed	Up to 7 days
Methamphetamines	Desoxyn; Crank, Crystal, Class, Ice, Speed	ADHD, obesity, narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	Up to 5 days
Methylphenidate	Ritalin	ADHD, narcolepsy	Injected, oral	Up to 5 days
Nicotine	Habitrol patch, Nicorette gum, Nicotrol spray, Prostep patch; Cigars, Cigarettes, Smokeless tobacco, Snuff, Spit tobacco	Treatment for nicotine dependence	Smoked, sniffed, oral, transdermal	Up to 5 days
Hallucinogens and Other Compounds
LSD	Acid, Microdot	None	Oral	Up to 8 hours
Mescaline	Buttons, Cactus, Mesc, Peyote	None	Oral	Up to 3 days
Phencyclidine & Analogs	PCP; Angel Dust, Boat, Hog, Love Boat	Anesthetic (veterinary)	Injected, oral, smoked	Up to 8 days
Psilocybin	Magic Mushroom, Purple Passion, Shrooms	None	Oral	Up to 8 hours
Amphetamine variants	DOB, DOM, MDA, MDMA; Adam, Ecstasy, STP, XTC	None	Oral	Up to 2 days
Marijuana	Blunt, Grass, Herb, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Smoke, Weed	None	Oral	Up to 5 weeks
Hashish	Hash	None	Oral, smoked	Up to 5 weeks
Tetrahydrocannabinol	Marinol, THC	Antiemetic	Oral, smoked	Up to 5 weeks
Anabolic Steroids	Testosterone (T/E ratio), Stanazolol, Nandrolene	Hormone Replacement Therapy	Oral, injected	Oral; up to 3 weeks (for testosterone and others); Injected: up to 3 months (Nandrolene up to 9 months)
Opioids and Morphine Derivatives
Codeine	Tylenol w/codeine, Robitussin A-C, Empirin w/codeine, Florinal w/codeine	Analgesic, antitussive	Injected, oral	Up to 2 days
Heroin	Diacetylmorphine; Horse, Smack	None	Injected, smoked, sniffed	Up to 2 days
Methadone	Amidone, Dolophine, Methadose	Analgesic, treatment for opiate dependence	Injected, oral	Up to 1 week
Morphine	Roxanol, Duramorph	Analgesic	Injected, oral, smoked	Up to 2 days
Opium	Laudanum, Paregoric; Dover's Powder	Analgesic, antidiarrheal	Oral, smoked	Up to 2 days
Depressants
Alcohol	Beer, Wine, Liquor	Antidote for Methanol poisoning	Oral	Up to 10 hours
Barbiturates	Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital; Barbs	Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	Up to 10 days
Benzodiazepines	Activan, Halcion, Librium, Rohypnol, Valium; Roofies, Tranks, Xanax	Antianxiety, Anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	Up to 6 weeks
Methaqualone	Quaalude, Ludes	None	Oral	Up to 2 weeks
Information compliments of NIDA