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SmYthie · 01-11-2009, 04:28 AM

So I'm here to tell everyone that they should go out and donate blood if they can.

word of caution though: about an hour after me and my girlfriend gave blood today we decided to take a few hits of some pretty good mids (only like 5 hits each). about 10 minutes after that she fainted and puked a few times. this can happen when giving blood, but i think it was the weed that sent her over the top. so my advice is hold off for a little bit before smoking if you do!!

it was nerve racking as hell because I decided to drive her car while all of this happened. Imagine mid conversation having your girlfriend stop talking, looking over to see her passed out with puke on her. If she had been driving (it was her car) this could have ended badly.

BUT DO KARMA A FAVOR and donate some blood today!!! the knowledge that you are saving someone's life is so rewarding

SmYthie · 01-11-2009, 04:30 AM

and for anyone this might scare, she is also only about 5 pounds over the minimum wait of 110 and a veggie (so her iron was kinda low, but not too low).

they are extremely short on O+ and O- so if you have these you should definitely donate!!

PeaceOfMind · 01-11-2009, 07:58 AM

I have O+, would love to donate but what about smoking? prolly doesn't affect it? I keep getting piercings too, do you think that really matters? I mean I've had them for a couple months and nothings gone wrong? I used to donate all the time and I agree, everyone should go out and donate. Donations saved my dad!

JohnDoeRadio · 01-11-2009, 04:01 PM

i dont think you can donate within six months of a new piercing or tattoo.

whats interesting is by the time the blood can even be tested for any drugs, the THC will have prolly burned off as having no fatty cells to grab onto. thats why sending a blood test from the cops or something to the lab after smoking pot will probably result in not finding any thc metabolites, cause there is nothing for them to grab onto and be detected by.

hope that made sense.

ps- decided to link you to info on this topic, pretty cool actually, and def something misunderstood about blood drug tests...

Blood

Because blood collection is generally viewed by the courts as invasive and requires the use of medically trained personnel, its use in DUID cases is often seen as impractical. However, many European DUID laws rely on blood specimen collection. This is because, unlike urinalysis, both drug metabolites and parent drugs are readily detectable in the blood. In general, peak THC serum levels typically exceed 100 ng/ml minutes after drug ingestion and then fall rapidly. As a result, detection times for marijuana and other parent drugs in the blood at levels above 1 ng/ml is typically only a few hours after past use.21 (Heavy cannabis users, however, may show residual THC serum levels of more than 2 ng/ml up to 48 hours after last use.22) Consequently, the Department of Transportation speculates, "In terms of attempting to link drug concentrations to behavioral impairment, blood is probably the specimen of choice."23

Nevertheless, scientists have not reached a consensus on the establishment of specific plasma concentrations that could be designated as evidence of driver impairment -- primarily because few adequate studies have been performed to date. Recently, a pair of scientific reviews of automobile crash culpability studies have indicated that THC levels in blood serum below 5 ng/ml are not associated with an elevated accident risk.24 (Levels below 5 ng/ml are attained in recreational marijuana users, on average, within 1 to 3 hours after cannabis consumption.25) Moreover, some studies suggest that "even a THC serum level of between 5 and 10 ng/ml may not be associated with an above normal accident risk."26 However, additional studies are necessary before reliable THC/blood threshold for impairment may be derived.

SmYthie · 01-11-2009, 05:00 PM

the american red cross site says they don't care as long as your not high when you come in. they only really care about whether your at risk for hiv, so if you've used needles its a problem.

I smoked the night before and I dont think it was an issue, although they didn't test for it on the spot. They did check my arms for track marks lol.

And with tattoos and piercings, i BELIEVE the sign there said only if they are not recognized for saftey standards or something. But even if you got an non sterile one you only have to wait a year.

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