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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
UPDATEDL 2/21/2023Have you noticed more of those little green crosses popping up everywhere? You’re not going crazy; CBD is sweeping the nation.In 2022, 26% of Americans used CBD. CBD has many uses, but it is most popular for its pain-relief and anxiolytic properties. Is it okay for employees to use CBD on the job? Will CBD show up on drug test kits?Let’s dive into the facts about CBD usage and drug tests. CBD vs. CannabisCannabis, marijuana, weed, herb, pot, and bud are all common names for the same plant. Most people recognize cannabis as a plant that produces a “high” effect when inhaled. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the psychoactive compound in marijuana that makes people feel high.Then what is CBD? Cannabidiol (CBD) is the other natural substance found in cannabis plants. Pure CBD does not cause a high sensation. However, CBD does have relaxing properties that can relieve pain and anxiety. Will CBD Show on Drug Test Kits?Most drug test kits test for THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. Finding THC in the saliva, hair, or urine is a good indicator that the person has used marijuana to get high. With that being said, most at-home drug test kits are not designed to detect CBD. To find CBD compounds, a person would have to order a special CBD test of the user’s blood.There is always a small chance that CBD could cause a false positive for THC. CBD products are legal because they contain 0.3% or less THC, classifying them as “hemp” products. Some CBD products have a stronger THC concentration than others.Consuming excessive CBD products or using CBD that falls above the 0.3% THC limit is illegal by USA federal standards. At a certain point, it could trigger a positive test result.Most drug test kits that screen for THC have a cut-off level of 50 ng/mL.A 30 mL container of CBD oil with 0.3% THC concentration is equivalent to 0.00036 ng of THC. This translates to 0.000012 ng/mL, and would be too low to get detected.Not All CBD Products Are Made EqualIf only CBD products were labeled correctly each time, there would be more certainty regarding the subject.Alas, this is not the case.According to a recent study by Penn Medicine researchers, one in five CBD products contained up to 6.4 mg/mL of THC. That’s milligrams, not nanograms.Such high levels of CBD that were mislabeled would most certainly set off a positive result.In addition, 26% contained less THC than labeled.According to the CDC, in 2018, fifty people in Utah were poisoned by CBD products because they contained synthetic cannabinoids.Some drug test kits screen for the presence of this illegal street drug. It is also known as Spice and K2.Can Employees Get in Trouble for CBD? Hemp-derived CBD is federally legal in all fifty U.S. states. With that being said, an individual employer may not approve of CBD use. Unless you live in a state where medicinal marijuana is legalized, there could be social repercussions for using CBD. If a person says
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