My thoughts are different, I hate smoking flower now. It tastes disgusting to me after using oil. To me, flower is hash oil with the added side effects of toxic combusted plant matter and horrible acrid taste of smoke. The high from dabs leaves a person feeling more lifted than stoned. I can get a euphoric, giggly effect like back in high school without as much paranoia and feeling like sedated shit from all the smoke. I refuse to smoke flower at all, actually, I would rather smoke nothing at all. And dude, if anything it's way better for you. You took too big a hit, it's possible to take small dabs you know. Trust me, your lungs will feel better if you are dabbing on a regular basis than smoking bong. Way better. I can even notice a few puffs off a joint the next day now, discomfort in my lungs that is.
Dabbing is shitty though because if you can't control it your tolerance will skyrocket and you'll just have to quit. A lot of stoners will switch over completely once they try dabbing, rather dramatically and passionately so. That's where I'm at, I've been dabbing 10 months and already quitting though due to all positive effects being lost so maybe you are right about balance and sustainability. But that would have exactly happened with weed anyway, and my lungs would be feeling like shit coming off the stuff. Also, I cough up black mucous after quitting even a small bong habit. Dabs are unbelievably cleaner if made right. It's possible to do small dabs though if one maintains self control and for me that is the most enjoyable way to smoke weed. Anyone who smokes bong compulsively is going to love dabbing pretty much. Other stoners who don't take 30 bong rips a day... not so much.
That's just my take on it dude, used both of them a lot, about 50/50 I'd say. I still like a nice old school bong rip, I may switch down to flower before getting off dabs for the lower potency. But it's all a waste of money for me. I regret starting up this January. I already have an opiate habit to take care of and I definitely need weed now too if I want to keep feeling mellow. So it sucks, it always starts off as a spiritual experience and ends as a coping mechanism and that's the real danger for me with weed. It doesn't matter whether it takes dabs or bong rips to get there, either way I fiend the stuff. But I crave the feeling of smoke in my lungs way more with weed, I find smoking it more habit forming.
I personally think that cannabis vaping discussion should be called Cannabis Concentrates discussion. There is so much misinformation on dabs out there and honestly it's really easy to harm your body by, for example, buying a cheap titanium nail that has impurities. It's easy to get ripped off as well. I am personally shocked that blue light doesn't have a huge dabbing section. I checked out cannabis vaping but it seemed disorganized a bit, like with topics on e-cigarettes and people quitting smoking. I found like one thread on dabbing. I almost wanted to add to the tutorial because I know so much about it now than when I first started out. In my view there should be one exclusively regarding dabbing because honestly I can think of at least 10 really important threads on the subject off the top of my head. When I switched to dabs I actually experienced cravings to smoke weed for a while too, just to feel the smoke in my lungs, and that's obviously negative.
also man the stealth. Try living in an apartment with a girlfriend who doesn't smoke when you are ripping bong throughout the day. It's just a lot more noticeable to people who dislike it, and even though I don't really give a shit, other people do. For example, I might be fired for smelling like weed on the spot. I have taken 5 dabs in a row and walked into my elevator, and who got in when the door opened but a uniformed pig. They don't even know what it smells like because it's a different smell. Just had a regular convo, otherwise I may have been searched and pointlessly arrested. And I just felt blunted at the time, it was an awesome experience. Smoking weed is just useless to me now, I really prefer the stealth aspect of dabs because personally I despise when people know that I'm on something and I don't really use recreationally or with others. I literally cannot think of a single benefit that weed has over dabs, but I can think of at least 10 benefits that dabs have over weed. That's just my view after using both around 50/50 and trying to maintain life as a young professional. I do know that for the vast majority of recreational users, smoking weed seems to be enough. If you need a lot of THC fast there's really no other way. Dislike flower vaping too by the way, because it's just not as fun as ripping a bong. Dabbing is even more involved and fun to me than bong.
