How Long Does Cocaine Stay In Your System?

Cocaine, a crystalline tropane alkaloid, will stay in your system in some form for roughly forty-eight hours, depending on the method of administration. However, the size and method of administering the dosage will have an effect on how long it takes for the cocaine to metabolize and leave your system.

Cocaine stimulates the nervous system and reduces appetite, caused by blocking dopamine from entering the system, thereby generating a synapse burst in the brain that induces a euphoric high. If chewed or eaten, often in the form of coca leaves, it will take about 30 minutes to enter the blood stream, while snorting will produce maximum effects within 20 minutes, which are then sustained for roughly 60 minutes. Injecting cocaine directly into the veins will cause the fastest high, at an average of 3.1 minutes, but has the highest health risks.
Chronic usage of cocaine in any form will lead to DAT upregulation in the brain, which then causes depression. Abuse may also lead to fatigue, increased appetite and agitation, among other symptoms.

3 days to a week. But still no promoting it. It's bad and illegal. But I aint no saint.

Cocaine can stay in your system for several days at a minimum; the metabolites of cocaine, or the substances that your body produces in response to the introduction of cocaine, can remain in you much longer. Most modern drug tests can detect not only the cocaine itself, but the metabolites, and so drug use should be stopped long before any drug testing is begun.
If you have only used cocaine once—ever—the cocaine itself will be mostly gone from your body after three days. Trace amounts might be left, however, depending on how your body metabolizes the drug, your body size, your sex, and the amount of cocaine you ingested. The metabolites your body produces from the cocaine will remain for up to several weeks.
If you’re a habitual cocaine user, though, all bets are off. The cocaine has metabolized itself into your blood, urine, internal organs and even your hair. It takes much, much longer for all the metabolites to leave your system, and the drug tests test for not only the drug itself, but the metabolites.
Once you stop taking cocaine, there are a few things you can do to help speed up the process of getting the drug and its residual effects out of your system. The biggest one is drinking lots of water. This will help "flush" the drug from your system, including some of the metabolites. Exercising will help as well, since this will increase your metabolism and move that water through your body a little faster.
None of the "detoxification" products on the market will guarantee that you’ll pass a drug test. That’s because how your body reacts to cocaine is very individual, and so is the time that your body will take to cleanse itself of the drug.
It’s not uncommon for habitual users to fail drug tests 4-6 weeks after they last used; the metabolites are still stored in their bodies, and the drug tests pick that up. If the drug test happens to require a hair sample, cocaine and/or its metabolites can show up years later, even with no subsequent use.

Every one of the labs I called, including the probation office, said cocaine is detectable for up to six weeks in urine. Although on the internet I can find nothing that says it is detectable for more than four days. Thats a big differance. The lab tecs have no reson to lie, so probaly the best thing to do is just say no.

Cocaine stays in your system roughly 3-5 days. However, many tests look for chemicals your body produces due to the drug, not the drug it self. In the case of cocaine, it can be found in your system up to 30 days later.

Cocaine is the worst drug I have ever tried in my life.I am currently a recovering drug addict who would recommend to anyone not to try it. It can stay in your system for up to 1 month, because when they check your urine they do not check the drug itself there are other things they check. And I would not advice to take any of those drinks or pills, they can now detect those also which will lead to you getting in more trouble or if the test is for a job it will lead to you defiantly not getting it. Good luck to all reading this because you are obviously here for a reason.

Ok I did about 3.5 grams on fri it is now mon. I have a drug test today will I pass?

It seems pretty obvious that the question is a bit more complicated than just how long does a drug stay in your system.
Whether or not your particular drug test will give an indication that you have used depends on a great many factors, the most significant being the type of test administered.
Finding out what test you will be given would give you the best chance to successfully prepare for it. Finding out what is being tested for, who is testing it, and how they are calculating the test results would help quite a bit as well.
Figuring in the amount of the drug you used, the time that has elapsed between when you used it and when you will be tested, your body weight, body type, metabolic rate, hydration, any nutritional supplements you may have taken, how healthy you are, and how much you exercise could help you determine what of the substance consumed will remain in your system and where. Also, the overall expectations of the organization requesting or requiring the test must be taken into account to deduce the likelihood that you could talk your way out of a positive test result, or get away with botching the test in order to take another one at a later date.

The method I found to be effective was avoiding the need for a test altogether.
When I was 20 I was placed in a five year drug treatment program wherein I was to be subject to random drug testing. At first I took advantage of every chance I got to acquire knowledge about the tests and how I could avoid detection of my alcohol and marijuana use, then I noticed the logical mission of the organization. The facilitator was respectfully attempting to convey the serious long term consequences of our behavior to us, in hopes that we might realize the negative impact it was having on our lives, and as a result of this realization, make some positive behavior modifications.  I decided that was a fair and civilized expectation for me as a member of the program, so I stopped drinking, I was honest and straight forward, openly discussing the underlying issues which led to my addictive and destructive behaviors, and I actively participated in the group activities. I made a great deal of progress throughout the program and helped several other people achieve similar results. Alcohol abuse was the reason I was there and I abstained from it completely, I still smoked weed on occasion, and sold it along with cocaine as my sole source of income. I handled easily between 1 and 2 kilos of coke a month, a majority of which was broken down into gram bags, I never used cocaine, but it was definitely in my system, a simple piss test any day would have undoubtedly come back positive, but I was never tested, not once in five years under 3 different counselors and two probation officers.
That is just one specific example pertaining to a drug abuse treatment environment, but the same standards of honesty and mutual respect should also be applied if anything even more vigorously in an employment situation. You may well find that the tendency of a supervisor or authority figure to attempt gauge your trustworthiness via a drug test becomes greatly diminished when they can see it in your character alone.

It takes no more 3 days to get out of the body system. However the problem is in the habit and when you try to quit.

I have heard that it stays for 2-3 days but it depends on the amount you use and the immune system of your body. I would suggest you not use it at all.

Cocaine stays in the system for 3 days.

3 to 4 days thats it no  more worries just stop after you get the JOB OK!

72 hours, PERIOD thats it!!!!!

I go to a methadone clinic and have to do a urine at random,I can that every time I tested in 3 days I failed. But if I drank a lot of water I passed it In 3 days every time. But would passes it in 4 days no matter what I done.Thats the way it has went for the last 5 years.

Actually people have been misinformed. Although there is cases of people passing cocaine urine tests, cocaine has actually been found in urine tests up to 12wks. If u are that concerned buy a home test from your local pharmacy!

I know this from future experience the more u take the longer it stays  i have been clean 9 days and will wait a extra two days before taking a test i drink  Lot of cranberry and water here n there it works but the best thing is to stop i only do it like once every two weeks but i inhale like 100 dollars worth be careful guys n good luck

I used on a friday night late till sat morning at 2am then on tuesday i had a pre-employment drug test, after drinking a lot of water and pissing a lot while taking a water pill I passed notified thurs. But the best thing to do is quit and enjoy life sober. Now that i have the job there is no more drug use for me and i've been using coke since 1979. Enough is enough, it's not worth all the bull shit that comes with the using

I once used about half of a 40(split a 40 with a friend) on Saturday night into Sunday morning, it wasn't that potent either, but i still came up dirty when i took a urine test late Wednesday afternoon and lost the opportunity for a great job that was hiring me.

I took coke on a few occasions within the last two years but probably took no more than 5 grams altogether. The last time I had coke was 6 months ago. I have a hair drug test coming up and was wondering if the test would come out positive or negative? I am a female, 5ft4, 10 stone. Please help.

I never used it but my mom have. I just wanted to know how long does it stay in your system, because she on probation and she takes a class and they piss test her every time she go. I need to help her out for she wont go to jail. Somebody tell me the correct amount of days.

Allow at least 4 days for a urine test. Drink plenty of water. Hair tests are bad as it is detectable for years. Im currently on a drug testing programme 3 times per week and havent passed 1 test yet. I was doing 7g per day so was a very heavy user. We have saliva tests in the uk which I believe arent considered reliable in the US. My advice is just dont do it. Its nice in moderation but is a slippery slope down if you let it get a grip on you. Got another test in 10hrs and from now on im staying off it.

Ok, so all of the people who tell you that cocaine stays in your system for weeks are full of  sh*t.  They either want to scare you away from using the drug or want you to freak out and go buy one of their detox drinks.  For me, I used on two consecutive weekends, then took a drug test for a job 9 days later and passed..After reading forums like this one, I too was a bit worried so i went a bought a home drug test kit for 17.00, and passed that test 5 days after using so....I do recommend drinking a lot of water though, just not right before u take the drug test or you'll have to retake it, or they will just fail you.  You want your piss to look somewhat yellow for the drug screeners

3 to 5 days sometimes 7 if you use the Narcotic on a regular basis

Okay here's the facts regardless of what you read here from everyone. It is fact that the federal government can trace illegal drugs in your system for up to 15 months. And depending how long you have been on that drug...It can be traced for up to 5 years. Most places will not do such extensive testing but I know for fact the Rail-Road can trace back to 15 months.  Don't let people blow smoke up your pipe. This is factual information! Call your local FBI office or DEA field office!  You will have everyone telling you Ok it's okay...it only last a few weeks.  TRUST ME !!!!!! CALL THE FBI OR DEA !!!!!

Your retarded one day you will have to answer to god.
Ya better hope you stay clean and get in church

CORRECT ANSWER: Until you stop doing it.

I KNOW THE DEFINITE ANSWER!!  BELIEVE ME!

I am NOT anyone trying to manipulate you for buying detox products.
I am on probation, and I did 7 grams of cocaine over 5 days before the drug test.  These people who say that it gets out of your system in 2-5 days are WRONG!  There is no telling on how long it takes - absolutely none.  
DON'T water yourself up, drink cranberry juice or eat a bunch of niacin.  That will work for MARIJUANA but NOT COCAINE!!!!
ONLY IF YOU USE ONE TIME WILL IT STAY IN YOUR SYSTEM FOR 2-5 DAYS!!!!  TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It stays in the system for 3-5 days. Get an at home drug testing kit from any walgreens to be sure you are clean.

Its true no telling how long you will stay dirty for any drug. Ive been in and out of recovery, finally doing it for my self and happy to say that im only 19 but ive managed to put an insane, long lasting heroin addiction behind me. They always say heroin will make you test positive for 2-4 days, the problem is i have tested dirty after being clean for up to 2 weeks multiple times. As you can imagine this creates some problems for me and my family when i really have been clean. Ive been to close to being put out on the street even when not using to many times. The same goes for thc and coke, there are many different factors that go into it, ive know people too be dirty 60 to 70 days after quiting bud. The same goes with coke, it depends on your body as well as how often and much you use, your metabolism and other factors. It can take from a few days to a few weeks. I know its not the best to hear, but its the unfortunate truth.

90 Days

Here's an idea. Why dont you stop doing cocaine completely? Then you wont have to worry about it at all :). And guess what! Theres more!! By not smoking cocaine you actually (i know it sounds crazy but) REDUCE the chance of screwing up your whole life! Isnt that wonderful???!

I snorted approx. 1 gram over the course of 2 days which was my first time in a year and a half (my second time using in 2 years so I am in NO WAY a habitual user). I am a female, 5'2," approx. 120 lbs. And work out 45 min-1 hr. 30 min. 3-5 days/wk. I also regularly drink a lot of water and take several vitamins daily. IF I have to take a drug test 7-9 days since I used, what is the likelihood that I should pass the test (neg. For drugs)?

I also took an at-home drug test 4 days after I used and it came back negative, but I don't know the reliability for these tests.

Again, this was my first time in a REALLY long time and I exercise, drink water, and take vitamins normally (this isn't some routine to flush out my system).

Please let me know what you think.

OK Here's my story.....I have this down to a science

Ive been on probation, both pre-trial, and probation for the past two years, and I get tested monthly

I do 3-4 grams a week (I know its bad for you....blah blah blah; Im sure I will die one of these days)

Give yourself 4 days to get clean.... Im 6' 3" 220 Here's....the home tests are more accurate than those in the jails and workplace....if they are sending you out to the lab for testing, or you are getting your hair tested then you may be in trouble.... I did half a ball on Friday, and was clean as a whistle this afternoon(Thursday).....

If you did cocaine for two nights two days ago is it still in your system

If you're like i am, and you've used cocaine for a long period of time, even after you quit coke, your body will still be addicted. And you'll go through with drawl side effects for up to 6 or 7 years prior to quitting.

Cocaine stays in your system for 2 to 3 days, and is detectable in urine for the same amount of time.

A question about cocaine usage and taking a urine drug test 18 hours after last dose.  Used a body flush and lots of water, I tinkled over 6 times before the test, but only once after I took the flusher..Do you think OK?  just a rare user..Last time was 3 months ago.

My ex-boyfriend was on "papers" about two years ago. He and I both did some fat lines and smoked the stuff. I know its bad but whatever. Anyways, four days later he had a urine test and passed clean. Don't listen to everything you hear, these people are addicts who are trying to control your thoughts. Sort of like aliens. But for real though! He really did pass. So keep it real and let that clean piss roll. ONE!

And... if you haven't noticed everyone who's saying that it's bad... is also admitting that its only 2-3 days!!! HALLLA!!!!!!!

Don't do drugs it kills you

A week to 10 days.

I am an RN of 12 years and a Health Administrator.

Cocaine:
Light user: 3-5 days
Heavy user 7-10 days

Melissa, RN, BSHA--trust me I know!!!

How long will one line of  cocaine stay in system i took on Saturday and have urine drug test on wednesday will i pass

I don't have an answer to this question, but i have some info that might help!!! I havent used cocaine in 8 months, i did a line on a Friday night.....just a line... I have to test that monday...i drank a bunch of water and went jogging one day before...my test came up clean..also it was through TASC which is probation ordered. So taking this in consideration..in like three days i was clean..i dunno if this will help but hopefully it will!

2-3 days

How long cocaine and its metabolites “Benzoylecgonine” can be detected in a person’s hair or body.  Human hair is like a record of what we eat, drink, inhale, and even where we live.  Cocaine and its metabolite Benzoylecgonine are all eventually excreted through our urine and feces.  The presence of metabolites in the hair is based on the same premise.  The bloodstream circulates metabolites throughout the body, and since our bloodstream nourishes developing hair follicles, metabolites are deposited in the hair follicle where they become trapped in the hair shaft as it grows out from the follicle.  Hair on average grows a ½ inch every 30 days.  So if your hair is 1 ½ inches long, cocaine and its metabolites will be detected for up to 90 days.  However, if you have long hair, cocaine usage can be detected for quite a bit longer.  You may have stopped using cocaine a long time ago, but evidence of your usage will still be detectable until you cut your hair and start over again.
Drug testing can detect the presence of cocaine in your system for a few days, but most drug tests don’t actually test for the drugs by themselves, they test for the metabolites that our bodies produce after the ingestion of drugs.  Cocaine is similar to all substances that enter the body in the regard that they all must be digested, broken down, separated, and then delivered to the appropriate place within the body for processing and finally, removal.  Once it enters your system, your body begins to break it down through the metabolism process.  Metabolism is the series of processes that occur in our bodies by which food and other substances are converted into the energy and products needed to sustain life.  Metabolites are the by-products left over after substances go through the metabolic process.  So even though cocaine might fully exit the body after 2 to 3 days, its metabolite “Benzoylecgonine” can still be detected for weeks in many cases depending on some of the previously mentioned variables.  There is also a recent study that found that the presence of Benzoylecgonine can be retained in the human body for a period of 25 years.  However, the cost of a drug test that would actually be able to detect Benzoylecgonine for such a long period of time after ingestion would be far too cost prohibitive to be utilized by drug testing companies today or in the near future.

The metabolite “Benzoylecgonine” produced after the ingestion of cocaine differs from that of marijuana in the regard that Benzoylecgonine is water soluble and therefore passed out of the body more quickly. Benzoylecgonine is primarily metabolized by the liver and then excreted through our kidneys and then out of our system in our feces and urine.  The remaining metabolites that do not easily pass through our body’s excretion process ultimately end up stored in our body’s fat cells.  A person’s body mass index or more commonly, their body fat percentage, is a major factor to consider when figuring out how long cocaine and its metabolites stay in our system.  The more fat a person has in them directly correlates into how many metabolites reside in our body, and hence, how long the evidence of cocaine use will continue to show up in our urine.So to be clear, people that carry a higher percentage of body fat will continue to excrete evidence of cocaine usage for longer than someone who is relatively skinny with a low percentage of body fat.
Drink lots of water a few days before the test, you have to flush out them kidneys. Hope you pass the test.  C.E

Well, My experience is that I did cocaine about a eight ball and passed a urine test for probation 4 days later.

1 day ?

This answer is from the UK's  BUPA Drug testing website.

COC - Cocaine derived from the leaves of the coca plant, is a potent central nervous system stimulant and a local anesthetic. Cocaine induces euphoria, confidence and a sense of increased energy in the user; these psychological effects are accompanied by increased heart rate, dilation of the pupils, fever, tremors and sweating. Cocaine is used by smoking, intravenous, intranasal (snorting) or oral administration, and produced in the urine primarily as benzoylecgonine in a short time. Benzoylecgonine has a longer biological half-life (5-8 hours) than cocaine (0.5-1.5 hours) and can generally be detected for 24-80 hours after cocaine use or exposure.

So to re-cap then ; Benzoylecgonine is what they actually test for in urine lab tests and not the drug Cocaine.According to the people who do the testing,  this should be out of you r system in 24-80 hours.
Hope this helps and keep your nose clean!!!!!!!

I'm on the meth program, Pee test once a week.I was eating oxy's like candy for back pain. I know it takes about 3-5 days for it to leave your system,,,drink lots of water!!!

I did coke  6 1/2 days before my surprise phone call from my probation officer.  I am 5'8, 168 lbs, 28 year old and i did a teen-er myself... I took ultimate gold detox just because I received a wide variety of answers on how long it stays in the system.  I came to the conclusion it is 3-7 days based on the individual.  All the detox drink did was just delay my urine test * however my probation officer did not say anything about my color of urine *which was not dark enough in my opinion*.  Anyways, I received a phone call today that i had to re do my urine test *21 days later* because my creatine level was at 18.9 when my prior test it was at 63.6 which is the norm... So all a detox drink will do is just delay the test and i did not use since then so it has been 27 days, so I am happy i bought the drink.... Going from 6 1/2 days clean to 27 days sure is a big difference !~ I was surprised it took 17 days for the lab results to come, i thought it took 7-14 days!~

About a year or so

24hrs

3 days

I think two or three days, maybe five at the most.  It is very addicting so please try to stop.  It will ruin your life and take all of your money, friends and love ones away.

Wot if you drink lots of water

I did coke bout three days ago and to took a drug cleaner do think i be clean wen i pis in to more days

I did 1 gram on wednesday and have a drug test on monday would i past get back at me at asap

I've taken about a gram of cocaine with a friend.  It all really depends on gender, body type, purity, how often the drug is abused, etc.  When I did that gram (Friday), I took a drug test Monday and came out clean.

My current worry is that I've been clean from cocaine for a while, and took 3 bumps Sunday at 3 am.  I had a drug test today at work.  I drank plenty of water (at least 12-16 glasses of water a day along with niacin pills.  I managed to tinkle 8 times before my test and calculated I was clean 57-58 hours.  

I will let you know whether I still have a job or not.

I have been clean for about 2 1/2 weeks.  I decided not to do it anymore, its not worth it,  but when I did, it was maybe an 8 ball every couple days.  I did it for about 2 months on and off.  The last time I did it, I got a stomach virus right afterwards and for a week straight i couldn't keep anything down and everything mostly water was coming out.  I figured it was a good thing sort of cleaning my body out.  I had a urine test this past Monday, I am nervous I won't pass.  Thoughts?

One did cocaine for the first  time one month ago how long will it take to get out of my system  to pass a drug test

I smoke friday have been drinking plenty of water will that help

I did two lines of cocaine on friday night and have a ua on wednesday morning at 10. . .will i pass. I hardly ever use

3 days if you drink a lot of water

A couple days

MMMM sounds like everyone has had a different experience. Basically this means that everyone's body is different....
Does working out help to get it out quicker??

If u sniff cocaine on the 12thand today is the18th is your urine clean

My friend did one line of cocaine about two weeks ago and then another line on friday night if he has a drug test about two weeks from the last time he used will he be clean?

Two to three days. Drink lots of water and cranberry juice and it can be gone in one or two days

3 days

Just Passed a Test for probation and did a bunch a week ago when I was on vacation.  Most probation offices and jobs use a standard 5 panel/10 panel test which doesn't test for metabolites just the cocaine itself.  If that is the kind of test you are taking then it really is 3-5 days only and it will be out of your system.  If they are sending away to the lab or doing a hair test you might be screwed.  If you are freaking out before your test try and find out what kind of drug test you have to take.....if you are on probation try to ask somebody else who is on probation what kind of test is used prior to taking the test.  If they got immediate results from their probation officer (ie it wasn't sent to the lab) then its just the common 5 to 10 panel test.  And don't kill yourself with worry if you know its going to be a panel test (90% of probation tests are) go to a local "head shop" and buy a test and make sure you piss clean before just "winging it" at a probation office or at a job interview.

I did a 8 ball tues may 26th. The last time I used was a month prior.  It is now May 31st, when will the drug be out of my urine, as well as the benzoylecgonine stuff?  Or should my test come clean if I get called for testing sometime this week?

I dont use cocaine but had a couple of lines one night at party, i get drugs tested for my job,how long will it take to be completely out of my system?

I did one line on wed and i have a test on monday im 5'5 and weigh 130 ima girl will i be clean

Two three days topz so dont worry k

I sniff about 14 grams a day will i be clean if i havent done it in a week

WAIT!   According to this gov site:Even the metabolites are only detectable for a couple days if it was a one-time use.

2 y

2-4 days depending on how often you do it. It stays n the water n ur body. Drink lots of water 2 or 3 days before and water the same day as the test. I have one coming up and i'm not worried if u just follow the pattern. Lots of water 2 or 3 days before and take a run.

Four days??

As long as u live

The only way to be sure you will pass a drug test is lay off the crap everyone is worried about passing a drug test to get a job so if in fact you do pass and get the job what are you going to do with your pay check BUY MORE DRUGS THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!! It just ain't worth it

It only stays in your system up to 3 days, however if you tend to sweat a lot... it takes less than that to get rid of it...