The length of time that weed stays in your system is different for everyone, but there’s one thing you can count on – after every other drug is long gone, traces of marijuana use will still be lingering in your urine.

Ever wondered why that is? Here’s some information that you might find interesting. It may not directly help you pass a urine drug test that’s right around the corner, but hey – a little knowledge never hurts.

Mother Nature Backfires On Pot Smokers

You’ve probably already read lots of references to the fact that THC is ‘fat soluble.’ That’s true, and it just means that it’s most easily dissolved in fat.

So on the flip side, something that is water soluble is most easily dissolved in water, right? The average human adult body contains a little over 50% water, so water soluble drugs (like cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, etc.) get dissolved fairly quickly. There’s plenty of water being circulated through your body at all times, so after being dissolved, these drugs are excreted in your urine in no time.

But with the humble weed, it’s a completely different story. Unfortunately, being fat soluble means that its journey through your body has to take a much longer and more circuitous route before it finally gets excreted in your urine…

Marijuana Waste By-Products Are Big, Fat and Slow

The human body is a pretty amazing organism, really. To keep you healthy, it will always find the quickest way possible to eliminate waste from your system. But ‘quick’ is a relative term that doesn’t necessarily mean speedy…

The fastest way for your body to eliminate fat-soluble THC by-products from your system, is to first distribute them throughout your fat cells. This includes the fat layers which surround your internal organs. We all have fat layers surrounding our internal organs, or else we would die. So if you happen to be a really skinny pot smoker who thinks there’s no place for metabolites to hide, think again.

So, once THC metabolites are deposited inside your fat cells, those fat cells immediately go to work dissolving the metabolites down into particles that are small enough to enter your bloodstream. And since one of the main functions of the kidneys is to filter waste products from your blood, that’s where the metabolites end up next. And, of course, from the kidneys it’s only a short trip into your urine, via the bladder.

There’s A THC Traffic Jam Goin’ On Inside Your Fat Cells

This whole dissolving process is something that takes time, unfortunately. So if you get high pretty regularly, a kind of ‘backlog’ develops inside your fat cells. And as long as you continue smoking marijuana with any kind of regularity, your fat cells will always contain some level of THC metabolites.

But wait! It gets worse… if you smoke a particularly high quality of bud, then your fat cells will contain an even higher concentration of THC metabolites. Sucks, ‘eh?

This backlog of THC metabolites in your fat cells is why it can take a long time for you to get clean, even if you quit smoking cold turkey. If you’re a light smoker then there won’t be much of a backlog, and the time it takes for you to get clean will be shorter. But if you’ve got a big backlog of THC metabolites built up in your fat cells, then it can sometimes take a surprisingly long time.

Marijuana Detox Products: Can You Say “Big Fat Liars?”

The backlog of metabolites inside your fat cells also means that manufacturers of so-called marijuana detox products are just plain lying to you. Although it’s certainly possible to temporarily make it appear as if your urine is THC-free, it’s impossible to permanently detox your system in a hurry.

Because whatever you do, it won’t prevent new THC metabolites from being constantly released into your bloodstream. When you wake up each morning there will be a new supply of metabolites that have been filtered out of your bloodstream by your kidneys during the night, just waiting to be flushed out via your urine.

So the only way to actually get ‘clean’ is to quit cold turkey, and then wait it out while your fat cells release fewer and fewer THC metabolites into your bloodstream over some period of time, until they’re finally all gone…

You could use the most expensive detox product on the market, or you could drink a gallon of water every day for a week, and it wouldn’t matter.Those things don’t have any effect at all on the rate at which your fat cells release metabolites into your bloodstream, and how your kidneys filter those metabolites out of your blood.

So, any product that claims to ‘cleanse’ THC from your system is just a big joke. Anyone who could figure out how to scientifically control your nervous system all the way down to the cellular level like that would be a friggin’ genius, and would probably be off curing cancer instead of selling bogus detox kits…

I’m Not Naming Names, But You Figure It Out…

The ABSOLUTE WORST detox products are the herbal kits. There’s a particularly popular one (whose name I won’t mention in case they try to sue me or something) that in my opinion is just plain stealing people’s money. They charge $250 for a 30-day herbal detox kit, and of course you’re supposed to stop getting high during that 30-days.

Well guess what? The majority of pot smokers would be clean anyway after quitting completely for 30-days, even if they don’t do anything – no herbal supplements, no drinking extra water, nothing. So you may as well flush that $250 down the toilet, because it amounts to about the same thing.

So What’s The Bottom Line?

The information above, about how THC metabolites end up in your urine, is a description of how your body metabolizes the waste products left in your body after you smoke pot. And if you’ve done any reading at all before this, you’ve no doubt heard many times that your metabolism affects how long marijuana stays in your system.

Unfortunately, your body’s metabolism isn’t something that can be changed in a hurry. It can only be changed over time (usually months), by things like exercise, nutrition, and even your sleep habits. But even if you dedicated yourself to doing whatever it takes to change your metabolism for the better, your genetics still play a big role in determining how fast or how slow your metabolism is. And your genetics are something that you can’t change.

The bottom line is, even if you do everything right, your body may still metabolize THC waste products more slowly than someone else who has the exact same body fat percentage, smoking habits, etc. That’s exactly why it’s impossible to predict how long it will take for someone to get clean naturally — we’re all just too different, plain and simple.

You DON’T Need To Be Clean To Pass A Urine Drug Test

I would never discourage someone from trying to get healthier by improving their metabolism. But the reality is, if you’ve been smoking weed pretty regularly and you’ve got a urine test coming up soon, then you need to get real.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, DILUTION is the only way you’re going to pass a urine test for marijuana. Go ahead and take useless crap like Certo and niacin if it makes you feel better, but just make sure you start drinking plenty of fluids a few hours before your test.

You might not have time to get control over your metabolism, but you CAN pass a drug test anyway if you’re smart about it.

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Why Does Weed Stay In Your System So Long?

Mother Nature Backfires On Pot Smokers

Marijuana Waste By-Products Are Big, Fat and Slow

There’s A THC Traffic Jam Goin’ On Inside Your Fat Cells

Marijuana Detox Products: Can You Say “Big Fat Liars?”

I’m Not Naming Names, But You Figure It Out…

So What’s The Bottom Line?

You DON’T Need To Be Clean To Pass A Urine Drug Test

Click Here To Find Out How To Pass A Drug Test WITHOUT Getting Busted For Dilution

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