Will Delta-8 Make you fail Drug Tests

Delta-8 is one of the most popular types of THC, because it’s not regulated, but it does make you fail drug tests. The thing with delta 8, is that the current drug tests that we offer don’t tell the differences between these, and also, some of the ways to ensure that you don’t have positive results with the drug test that you have. 

What Delta-8 is 

This is basically a cannabinoid that’s in cannabis that works similar to the delt-9, or regular THC that we’re all familiar with. It basically is the same chemical, and it can make you feel similar intoxicating and weightless feelings that you might get from this, and also, it might reduce the anxiety and the brain fog you deal with. Hemp-derived forms of CBD are the best for this, but you should make sure that you never buy unregulated delta-8, as that’s very dangerous. 

The differences 

The biggest difference between delta-8 and 9 is literally in a chemical bond. There is one more ring in delta-9 than 8, and basically, it differs in how strong the effects that you get from this are.

Delta-8 supposedly is less potent, but they do bind to the same receptors, so it can offer similar health benefits too. Delta-9 is also far more abundant than the delta-8 is in the cannabis plant. However, through the Farm Bill that allowed for hemp to be produced, they’ve made it legal to get delta-8 from hemp.  This is considered federally legal THC, which differs from delta-9 since it is’ not federally legal. 

Showing up on Drug Tests 

Yes, it does show up on drug tests, and this is because the metabolites between the two are pretty much the same, and they also have the same chemical makeup and weight, so you will usually fail a drug test usually.

That’s because these drug tests look for different metabolites in the sweat, blood, hair and the spit of a person. A guy that uses delta-8, which might be legal, will get false positives for delta-9 because of this.

How long can this stay within the system though? 

Well, just like with regular THC, delta-8 can stick around for up to 90 days, as this sticks around within the fat cells. Most usually detect this a few days after you’ve used this, but a lot of chronic users can have a test that’s positive for about 30 days or more. 

It varies based on the factors that are there too, such as: 

• The amount consumed 

• How long you’ve been consuming it. 

• The ECS you have 

• How your metabolism works 

Some people clear it out faster than others, so keep that in mind. 

Passing Drug Tests 

While it can disappear after a few hours, it’s hard to make sure that you get rid of it.

Urine tests usually test for THC for up to 10 days, based on the experience. 

Blood tests usually can be up to 25 days if you use this chronically.  You may want to be mindful and quit for up to a month.

Saliva tests usually are up to 72 hours and are roadside tests for DUIs. 

Finally, there are hair follicle tests, but they are way more sensitive than the urine tests, it’s also been found that it can cause the THC to stay there up to 3 months. If you know that they’re going to test for THC using hair follicles, then you might want to take a break from this for a bit longer until the drug test happens, but they’re less common too.

Landrace Cannabis

With thousands of different strains that are now offering more and more variety to people than ever before, there are few that actually have the pedigree that's known as a landrace strain. These are the originals, and here, I’ll go over what in the world a landrace strain, and why they’re becoming rarer. 

What are they? 

Simply put, a landrace strain is one that is known to never have been changed by a grower, so it’s naturally created the stable genetics that we want from our cannabis. For example, this is the type of strain that many cultures throughout the world have started to use, and it’s something that a large number of different cultures have continuously used to get the medicinal benefits that we expect from cannabis. Some of the most common strains that are landrace include: 

• Acapulco gold 

• Hindu Kush 

• Afghani 

• Panama red 

• Durban poison 

• Chocolate Thai 

• Lamb’s bread 

• Columbian gold 

The History of This 

Cannabis is considered to be one of the oldest domesticated crops ever recorded, first mentioned in the form of writing back in 2900 BC. This was by the emperor Shen-Nung, who had cannabis in his medicinal encyclopedia. It was then discovered that there were some possible traces of the use of hemp rope, in some of the broken pottery that was found during the neolithic period in China. 

Botanists were able to also find that the cannabis that we see today all comes from the Afghanistan Hindu Kush, which you can get in the mountains. This was a cultivar that people used not just for the buds, but also for the clothes and rope that also helped a lot of people live better life. 

Some researchers were then later able to find as well in both ancient Greek, and roman cultures, that cannabis was a part of this.  It then spread further towards the ottoman empire, and then, into Africa. 

Then of course, when the Europeans crossed across the Atlantic, they brought this to central America, and then, it went both south and west. 

Because of this, every single plant was able to flourish in all of these different places, with a variety of different characteristics depending on where this was found. 

The first of the landrace strains, where they ended up, and some of the most distinguished features are now something that cannabis cultivars are also becoming a lot more popular. 

Do they exist? 

The answer: yes, but they’re harder to find, and you won’t’ be able to cultivate them as easily. 

This is due to hybridization, which started in the late 60s and 70s, where the landrace strains were actually created in order to create Skunk #1 and also Chemdawg, two of the main hybrids that many of our current ones come from. 

They continued this hybridization, but the landraces are now a lot more diluted and they’re not as pure as they once were. 

The thing is, the term landrace is also not an easy term, as many of the landrace types all come from the original strain that occurred within the Hindu Kush area. It also is the only landrace item that was found in the Afghanistan mountain area. 

Landrace is something that’s harder to find, and some people use it to discuss the different adaptations that these cannabis strains have had to each environment, so it also depends on the diffenrt types of areas. 

There are also different landrace strains that have started to get mixed together, which makes it even harder, and there are also many who grow these too!