Drug Detection Times

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If we talk about drug detection times we mean the period after you last took a drug, that drug testing can reveal its presence or resulting metabolites in your specimen. And itӳ true that such factors as frequency of use, type of specimen, test method, cutoff levels, metabolism, and other factors influence Drug detection times.
In September, 1999, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announces the list that includes commonly-abused drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, hash, methamphetamine and other amphetamines. The type of sample for testing (blood, hair or urine) to which the list refers is not clear. However, the drug detection times are inside the ranges reported by other sources for urine analysis. Moreover, urine analysis is the most commonly-used drug testing method by Federal government.

Commonly Abused Drugs
Substance	Proprietary or Street Names	Medical Uses	Route of Administration	DEA Schedule*	Drug Detection Times
*Stimulants*
Amphet- amine	Biphetamine, Dexedrine; Black Beauties, Crosses, Hearts	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obesity, narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	II	1-2 days
Cocaine	Coke, Crack, Flake, Rocks, Snow	Local anesthetic, vasoconstrictor	Injected, smoked, sniffed	II	1-4 days
Metham- phetamine	Desoxyn; Crank, Crystal, Glass, Ice, Speed	ADHD, obesity, narcolepsy	Injected, oral, smoked, sniffed	II	1-2 days
Methyl- phenidate	Ritalin	ADHD, narcolepsy	Injected, oral	II	1-2 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	Not Scheduled	1-2 days
*Hallucinogens and Other Compounds*
LSD	Acid, Microdot	None	Oral	I	8 hours
Mescaline	Buttons, Cactus, Mesc, Peyote	None	Oral	I	2-3 days
Phencyclidine & Analogs	PCP; Angel Dust, Boat, Hog, Love Boat	Anesthetic (veterinary)	Injected, oral, smoked	I, II	2-8 days
Psilocybin	Magic Mushroom, Purple Passion, Shrooms	None	Oral	I	8 hours
Amphet- amine variants	DOB, DOM, MDA, MDMA; Adam, Ecstasy, STP, XTC	None	Oral	I	1-2 days
Marijuana	Blunt, Grass, Herb, Pot, Reefer, Sinsemilla, Smoke, Weed	None	Oral, smoked	I	1 day - 5 weeks
Hashish	Hash	None	Oral, smoked	I	1 day - 5 weeks
Tetrahydro- cannabinol	Marinol, THC	Antiemetic	Oral, smoked	I, II	1 day - 5 weeks
Anabolic Steroids	Testosterone (T/E ratio), Stanazolol, Nandrolene	Hormone Replacement Therapy	Oral, injected	III	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, Fiorinal w/codeine	Analgesic, antitussive	Injected, oral	II, III, IV	1-2 days
Heroin	Diacetylmorphine; Horse, Smack	None	Injected, smoked, sniffed	I	1-2 days
Methadone	Amidone, Dolophine, Methadose	Analgesic, treatment for opiate dependence	Injected, oral	II	1 day - 1 week
Morphine	Roxanol, Duramorph	Analgesic	Injected, oral, smoked	II, III	1-2 days
Opium	Laudanum, Paregoric; Dover's Powder	Analgesic, antidiarrheal	Oral, smoked	II, III, V	1-2 days
*Depressants*
Alcohol	Beer, Wine, Liquor	Antidote for methanol poisoning	Oral	Not Scheduled	6-10 hours
Barbiturates	Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, Phenobarbital; Barbs	Anesthetic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	II, III, IV	2-10 days
Benzo- diazepines	Ativan, Halcion, Librium, Rohypnol, Valium; Roofies, Tranks, Xanax	Antianxiety, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative	Injected, oral	IV	1-6 weeks
Meth- aqualone	Quaalude, Ludes	None	Oral	I	2 weeks