What is the best way to detox from cannabis?

Answer 1

The active ingredients of cannabis (pot, weed) are called cannabinoids (mainly THC).

These canabinoids are metabolized by the body (decomposed) to what is called metbolites (mainly carboxy-THC).

These metabolites are a) excreted in urine, feces, sweat and b) sollubilized in the body's fat cells, which means the metabolites stock up in fat-cells and are released at a very slow rate.

a) takes about 3-7 days for a single dose, depending on how large that dose was and on your liver and kidney functions.

In case of a single dose b) is practically irrelevant. But when you smoke pot or weed before all metabolites have been released by the fat cells, the fat cells get a refill before they are drained. Which means a regular user (more than 1-2 times / week, on a regular basis) needs longer to excrete these metabolites with his/her urine. That can take from 2-3 weeks for a moderate user (1-3 smokes/week, low to medium dose) to as long as 3-4 months for long-term heavy users (1-several average to high doses/day, on a regular basis, single days off don't count).

So it takes from 6 days to 4 months, depending how often and how much you consumed.

Staying clean for an appropriate time is practically the only efficient way of passing a drug test. Drug tests are sold at pharmacies and/or drugstores (depending where you live), so you can check for yourself. But there are more sensitive testing methods than the quick-screen stuff they sell over the counter - best to wait some more days after those show a 'clean' result.

There actually is one exception, that could (theoretically) speed up detox a little. But that only applies to long-term users with a surplus of body fat. Say you're a male, 6 feet tall, weighing 300 pounds and otherwise in good health. You smoked pot for years, every day, several times / day. Staying clean will take about 4 months to detox you. But if you loose 70 pounds in 7 weeks by changing your diet an some excercise you will burn up a good part of the content of those fat cells - releasing and getting rid of a significantly larger amount of them accursed metabolites. After that -if you then keep your weight (or slightly gain weight, say max. 10 pounds) the release rate of metabolites will then abruptly drop to zero within a week or two. Theoretically you might win several weeks in this particular case.

Answer 2

There is little evidence that a detox would actually do anything. Stop taking the drug or whatever it is that you worry about and the residue will leave your system in its own time anyhow.

Answer 3

You could try cranberry juice.