Your CBD/THC Cream Will Trigger on a Drug Test

And yet many Google searches said otherwise.

I have severe knee pain. I had a knee surgery (OATS procedure) about fifteen years ago, and my knee was pain-free for about ten, then it deteriorated to bone-on-bone. I get injections twice a year to keep it “greased” (not morphine) and they help for about three months.

Those last three months in any six month cycle are rough. Sitting is the most painful thing I do, followed by sleeping. Basically, any sedentary time usually ends up with significant knee pain, and a complete lack of incentive to get up and walk.

Walking isn’t pleasant, either.

I had been taking Voltaren (a topical NSAID in the same class as Aleve or Advil) twice daily, and it does a fair job of controlling the worst of the pain.

Then I started researching the CBD topical creams. Research (well, Googling and talking to people) lead me to believe that this wouldn’t show up on a drug test, since CBD cream can be purchased with only trace THC.

…only CBD didn’t reduce pain one iota. It offered no relief. Greatest scam on the face of the earth.

I researched more and some resources said topical THC may show up on a test, but the resources I read downplayed the likelihood. Some even denied it.

This is critical, as I work for a company which has a zero-tolerance policy for THC and other drugs. In the two years I’ve worked there, I never had a random…