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'Flushing' temporarily dilutes the concentration of metabolite or ketones in the urine in the system. It works well, but timing is of the essence. The concentration of THC in fatty tissue remains. But your fat cells aren't urinating directly into the kidneys and bladder, so as long as the reservoir of urine is heavily diluted, then you'll be better off by flushing or drinking lots of fluids.
It was held years ago that high-pectin fruit drinks (the highest concentration of pectin being in unfiltered apple juice, if I recall correctly) helps to collect residuals, but if you're simultaneously being checked for blood sugar, as is done for purchasing life insurance, then the high-pectin fruit juice ploy is a self-defeating avenue.
Otherwise, drink a LOT of H2O starting the night before a known test and continue up to immediately before the test.
I had a number of parolees as clients when I worked in mental health in Southcentral Alaska. When the PO was flying in for an impromptu visit to the community, there was a semi-official phone tree the parolees activated, and they'd warn each other, then those contacted who imbibed would start drinking H2O. Seemed to be effective; no one I recall got popped.
Others back then used goldenseal, etc., often in obscene volume/dose, and research into excess goldenseal shows damage to internal organs. Imagine beating piss tests based on the H2O in your subscribed method of beating the UA, but killing hard-to-replace organs in the process with the unnecessary (and sometimes toxic) goldenseal.
Average time for water-soluble substances to clear the system (most amphetamines, opiates, etc.) is about 72 hours (AVERAGE).
Longest time I knew of a person to test positive in jail after abstinence was 18 months of certified non-use while locked down. THC being stored in the fatty tissues, the person had been quite obese, and then, while locked down, went into a serious weight-loss program, and were thereby processing the fat tissue they had acquired, and all that was held therein.
Dr. John Morgan, CUNY Pharmacology and medical Professor, who co-authored 'Marijuana Myth, Marijuana Fact', with his significant other, Lynn Zimmer (both of them are deceased now) knew of one case wherein the person tested positive close to 6 months after abstinence.
Some of the better cocaine, McNeil Lab cross-tops (Benzedrine), various forms of Dexedrine, etc., that I encountered on the highways of N. America with my thumb out decades ago, came from truckers. In a pinch, crossing the Continent and needing to stay alert, the diesel pump jockeys where the trucks were filling up could sometimes be a solid source for "when you absolutely, positively, have to get there overnight."
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abstinence makes the heart grow fonder...
