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What’s in your Delta 8 to begin with?
Like any consumer product category, manufacturers are competing for market share, and unfortunately that creates an opportunity for some makers to cut corners in order to save money or offer a lower price point to their customers. Because there are a wide variety of prices between raw distillate producers, one could reasonably assume that these distillates come in a wide variety of qualities.
Because a drug test may be searching for specific metabolites, a poorly made distillate could not only contain contaminants or byproducts, but could perhaps contain measurable amounts of entirely different cannabinoids, which could of course impact the results of a drug screening.
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Not all drug tests are created equal.
The truth is that there are a huge variety of drug testing styles and limits of detection. It’s most commonly understood that drug tests search the subject for remnants of the processing of these compounds, sometimes referred to as metabolites. Since CBD, THC, Delta 8, or HHC all contain similar compounds that are processed in a similar manner, it could be assumed that the metabolites produced from the consumption of any of these could have the potential to raise a flag on a drug test.
Drug tests also have different thresholds for detection, and some may detect within certain time frames better than others.
What’s the verdict?
Because Delta 8 THC is a close cousin to traditional cannabis, it’s definitely possible that it could cause you to “fail” a drug test.
Ultimately, that risk is up to you. If an important aspect of your life depends on it, then it’s probably not worth taking the risk.
