do i have a hope?

If you smoked for many years, why are you quitting now? If it's solely due to trucking and the job, are you able to stay away from an addictive drug that you have been using for many years? Are you able to remain clear of the friends that you have made over the years that may still be using the drug? Are you willing to make the sacrifices in that sort of lifestyle that you will need to get into trucking.

Just from what you have said here, you went to a drug screen knowing that you carried traces of the drug still in your system. I have never met a smoker who did not know all of the ins and outs of testing and was aware of exactly what they would have to do to pass the tests.

You can try and apply elsewhere, but unless this is a long term life change, it's going to be of limited duration. You won't make it in trucking if you are still under the influence of marijuana and the culture surrounding it. I wish you best of luck, but I am not hopeful here.

 

Have you ever smoked pot for any length of time Burky? If so, how long?
People call it an addictive drug because thats what the media and government would like for you to believe. Most of the pot heads I know dont smoke it cuz they are addicted they smoke it cuz they want to. I just love it when a non-smoker talks like their an authority on the subject.
I have been a smoker for many years and have quit several times and was able to do so with no problem and know other pot heads that have done the same. If you want to talk about an addictive drug then lets talk about the addictiveness of cigarettes. Cigs are alot harder to give up than the weed is.

 

You should always give yourself at least 30 days to get clean and just plain water is good enough. Sure, there is alot of products out there that can get you clean but if you do enough research on the web then you will find out the just plain water is the best but like I said you should give yourself at least 30 days. Go to a Super Wal-Mart and look in the pharmacy section and you can find drug test kits for about $20 and then you can check yourself at home before going to take a test and if you have any doubts, take more time and drink the water. When it comes to smoking pot I know what im talking about. Have done it for many years. I was a full pledge and avoid enviroments where you may end up taking in any second hand smoke. Good luck.

 

My ex was a daily smoker for over 30 years before he went into trucking. He quit 3 months before starting school just to make sure all that built up stuff was out of his system. And he tested with a drugstore test to make sure first. He has now been smoke free for over a year now so it can be done.

 

20 years in the military, and since then as a trucker. So no, I am not a pothead. And the point I was making, that the original poster seemed to understand even if you didn't, was that it is a social drug, and if you don't break out of that social circle, then you are going to most likely be in the presence of the drug. And for a CDL driver, that's pretty well a kiss of doom, because even second hand smoke is enough to get results in testing.

As for your comment that "they don't smoke it because it's addictive, but because they want to", well, I'll keep that one in mind in case we want to run some end of the year humor awards.

 

People like the "high" but as far as being addictive....its alot easier to put it down than the cigs are. I advised him to stay away from the second hand smoke because yes it will cause you to test positive. People get high on cigarettes, its just a high that you dont notice like you will with the weed. People talk down about the weed all the time and like I always say...."God gave us marijuana and the Devil gave us Meth.....I'd go with God". Most church go'ers look down on the weed but I guess they miss the part in the Bible where God said..."I have given you every plant the bears seed".