The metal does not vaporize to a significant extent. I could see someone developing bronchitis or emphysema from prolonged abuse. Some tar is so riddled with residual acetic anhydride that I've had it burst into flames by accidentally putting it too close to the edge! Also some impurities, cuts, and burned byproducts can be hard on the lungs. And inhaling anything into the lungs will do some damage.For those of you who smoke heroin or anything off of foil, it is very dangerous. My daughter has burned her throat beyond repair and now breathes through a tube in her neck. She only smoked for one year and is 22 years old. The metal in the foil heats up and goes down with the smoke. It then burns the throat and voicebox even though the metal is expelled when you cough. Damage is done.SMOKING OF FOIL IS NOT SAFE.
Still, I can't see someone losing their throat. Especially after only one year. Without more info, I believe you're trolling.
Have either of you ever smoked real smokable H? You only loss smoke if you don't suck hard enough or you're too far. I and any experienced H smoker DON"T LOSE ANY SMOKE. It just takes practice.Just use the light bulb as a vaporizer and nothing gets wasted. The rest is a matter of absorption from the smoke. The powder for smoking is not 100% heroin and it's heroin freebase what's in it. That kind of heroin shouldn't be snorted because now that's a waste. It's called "no 3", I guess, it's a brownish tan powder, sometimes the lighter it is, the better, but the other time it's on the contrary. It's so easy to add an adulterant there, because dealers can buy it at the local supermarket.mister right said:smoking H is such a waste. If you don't like needles, just snort the shit. Trust me when I tell you that your wasting your money smoking it. More than have of it goes up in the air or sticks to the foil.
Anyway, smoking on the foil guarantees losing a lot of material, besides you need more material so you can catch the smoke. Inhaling the smoke from the light bulb is much easier, the heroin drop moves too fast on the foil, and you salivate holding the pipe in your mouth. It needs a lot more technique but however good you're at it, you lose something. In case of light bulb, you get everything from it.
A light bulb is a shitty alternative to a real glass dick, even with meth.I'd rather use foil than a light bulb. A light bulb or even a real meth pipe burns heroin up. Meth and especially crack aren't as heat sensitive as H. You can easily avoid burning them with careful heating and with meth twisting the meth pipe back and forth.
You need a large surface area to effective vaporize most shit.Think about it. A glass of water takes forever to evaporate, dupe it on the flood and it will dry much quicker. With meth the pipe is twisted back and forth for the surface area and to prevent overheating, not unlike a rotary evaporator.Crack melts into a brillo pad for surface area.
But heroin is more delicate. Even a pure eutectic mixture of heroin freebase and caffeine burns up even with careful heating. This leaves ashes, which prevent you from twisting the light bulb/real meth pipe. It sits there and burns up. Also the glass stays hot and doesn't heat and cool quick enough. With foil it give a large surface area by letting the H drip down. It cools and heats up quickly, and is unparallelled in heat control. It's simple, cheap, and in the right hands effective. Also it's very disposable.
A meth pipe isn't very effective for H, but if you don't know how to use foil it's okay. It burns H up but you can get big hits easily.