17 Home Remedies to Prepare for Drug Screening for Marijuana

Q: Grandma, I will be undergoing drug screen test next week for employment. However, I smoked marijuana about 30 days ago. Any remedies for me to get clean?

A: Dear A, Passing a drug test is important today since most companies require this before they hire you. There are no surefire guarantees that your problem will be resolved so apart from the home remedies that are available, do buy a testing kit to keep track of how well your body is responding to remedies and make sure you not only keep off marijuana but remove yourself when your friends are smoking. Here are some home remedies to pass the drug test for marijuana.

HOME REMEDIES TO PREPARE FOR DRUG SCREENING FOR MARIJUANA

1. Cranberry juice - Have some cranberry juice. Cranberry juice or capsule is a diuretic so it can be helpful in flushing your system, but it is not a perfect formula and will take time to eliminate the toxins in your body. Like water, it will have no effect on THC metabolites. [1]

2. Coffee, herbal tea and iced teas – These can also be helpful when taken in moderation and are common home remedies to prepare for drug screening for marijuana.

3. Vinegar - Vinegar lowers the pH of urine and amphetamines are excreted up to 3 times as fast when urine is acidified. This could reduce the detection time period.

4. Fiber - A high fiber diet will help by redirecting fat soluble metabolites to the colon rather than bladder. This is one of the most frequently used home remedies to prepare for drug screening for marijuana

5. Timing - Urinate 2 to 3 times before you take the test and only give a midstream sample.

6. Beef and fatty foods – Begin taking a lot of creatine loaded foods 48-72 hours before you have to take the test.[2]

7. Aspirin – Take aspirin every four hours before testing. This makes your urine more acidic.

8. Apple cider vinegar - Take apple cider vinegar number of times.

9. Multi-vitamins - Take multi-vitamin tablets in the night and morning before the marijuana drug test. Take 4-5 shots of the vinegar all at once and follow it up with 2 liters of water.

10. Take Vitamin B complex – Take this 48 hours prior to taking the drug test. Do not skip your meals and avoid taking salt in larger quantities.

11. Goldseal root – Take goldseal root to clean the toxins from your kidney and bladder. Take a Goldenseal supplement everyday along with Echinacea.

12. Pectin - Purchase pectin from the grocery store, mix it with water and drink. Pectin is normally required to jell various foods, drugs, and cosmetics. [3]

13. Blackberries – These have both pectin and fiber which can help you pass the test.

14. Celery, cucumber, citrus fruits fennel – These foods are rich in fiber and will help you detox.

15. Horseradish, parsley, plantain, rosemary, sesame, watercress and watermelon - These have helpful diuretic properties.

16. Dandelion, cornsilk and burdock – These are effective herbal diuretics that often used as home remedies to prepare for drug screening for marijuana.[4]

17. Pineapple and fiber supplements – Eat pineapple and other fiber rich foods and supplements before your test so that fat soluble metabolites go to your colon, not your bladder. This can help to keep some of the impurities out of your urine so that you have a better chance of passing your test.[5]

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