Does Taking Niacin cheat a marijuana drug test?
Rumors that taking Niacin will cheat a marijuana drug screening test abound in mainstream America. People looking for the easy way out have been lead to believe that Niacin in large quantities will let them fool a drug screening test. It is particularly used for the lipid soluble drug marijuana because they think it promotes metabolism of the drug and causes it to be flushed from your body.
However, that is a falsehood and it has been shown that not only does it not help them to pass the drug screening test but that it can also cause major overdose symptoms, such as irregular heart beats, blood acidosis, low sugar and even death. So instead of getting the job done, staying out of jail or getting into the service, you are now in the hospital or worse the morgue.
The sad result is that Niacin does not work to fool a drug test, but because niacin is known to affect metabolic processes, there is a completely unfounded claim that it can rapidly clear the body of drugs such as cannabis. However, niacin is toxic when taken in large amounts.
People assume that Niacin is safe because it is natural and not prescription and they seem to not read the print that says too much is toxic to the body. It surely would not be sold over the counter as a simple vitamin supplement if it was not safe! It is a water soluble vitamin but bodies have limits and too much just cannot be excreted especially when these drug users take upward of 400 times the recommended dosage. They can even have their moms go get it for them completely unaware to its purpose.
There are many sites on the Internet that tout Niacin and marijuana together equal drug screening cure. However it is known that Niacin does not in anyway at toxic doses help the flushing of marijuana from your system. Don’t do it. Research and learn the truth about this and other nutritional facts and stop the hazardous practice of Niacin and marijuana.
