It depends on the particular drug and on the particular test. Some drugs metabolize quickly, such as alcohol, assuming the liver is healthy; others, such as marijuana, might show up for months. If the test is sampling hair, it can go back even further.
Bottom line, as is usual, is if you don't want to test positive, then don't do drugs.
5 days
No. If you are over the cut off on the drug screen, it doesn't matter how far over you are. Failing a drug screen is failing a drug screen.
It depends on the drug.
Over the counter Tylenol is not a drug that will show up on a drug screen or drug test. However Tylenol with Codeine is a narcotic and will show up on a drug test. It will stay in your system for on average five days.
10years
Alcohol is by far the most abused drug. It's also one of the few addictive drugs that people who 21 and over can buy over the counter. Most people do not view it as a drug, despite the devastating consequences of alcohol abuse.
NO... this is not true! The furthest back a drug test can go is about 6 moths if they use a sample of your hair. Urine drug test can only go back as far as a month.
9 months
Not as far as I know. Also, methotrexate is not a very pleasant drug to take, which means it's not a drug of abuse, which ALSO means they won't test for it.
it will only detect MAX 72 hrs
5 years
Not as far as I know. This is an antibiotic and this is not something that is looked for on a basic panel test.