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Weed and HIV

Can smoking weed affect blood or orasure hiv tests?

Not the day of the test or anything -- just a few weeks before ??

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hahaha ,,,,hiv antibodies and hiv RNA...no not a chance its a very specific test ....the ganja is prob making u lil paranoid .......take it easy, without the weed,
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Thanks all

Just out of curiosity -- why would this have no affect on the test? What is actually tested for during an HIV test?
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186166 tn?1385259382
affects your brain...but not your test!
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277836 tn?1359666174
DONT DO DRUGS YOU WONT HAVE THESE WORRIES
no it should not affect a test
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