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Paradisum

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Hey guys!

So I am on a cleanse (GNC 7 day full body) and had been doing research to see if I could smoke. i found out THC is not a toxin (correct me if I am wrong... found this information on grasscity) but tar and stuff is, which is what would be the most damaging to my cleanse. So I smoked without doing more research on saturday night and have smoked last night and just smoked a bowl right now. I decided to look up how much tar you consume when taking Bong hits (My method for the weekend). Anywho, I found this article and found it a bit interesting. Any comments?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/131728/do_bongs_really_filter_marijuana_smoke.html?cat=71
 
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OK, 3 year old news story...
Besides the fact that no one calls bongs healthy at all, everyone knows they don't. Maybe you got confused when you read it cools the smoke. But people haven't claimed bongs remove all the tar or carcinogens.
Vaporizers on the other hand remove nearly all of the carcinogens...
 
Ya it's only common since that
Bongs draw up more smoke= more hard on the lungs= more unhealthy=more high lol
 
Stonedface said:
Ya it's only common since that
Bongs draw up more smoke= more hard on the lungs= more unhealthy=more high lol
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^more unhealthy=more high?!?! im running mcdonalds asap

anyway, i'm not a scientist but having chemicals and such pulled out of the smoke has to be doing something for you doesn't it? i really don't know but regardless, bongs are da best <3.
 
OGKooosh said:
^more unhealthy=more high?!?! im running mcdonalds asap

anyway, i'm not a scientist but having chemicals and such pulled out of the smoke has to be doing something for you doesn't it? i really don't know but regardless, bongs are da best <3.
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Water filtration fucks with the tar:THC ratio. That's it. It makes the ratio higher, whereas when smoking non-filtered smoke the THC:tar ratio is higher.
 
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yep

every hit from yo bong you take, the more PPMs are added.
PartsPerMillion= solids in your water, most of which further extract THC from the smoke.

i haven't used my bong in a while, but am curious now to try dropping my PPM meter in there
heh
in the name of science!
stooop...
 
studies can say what they want, but i cough up a lot more black shit when i have been habitually smoking rolled weed and dry pieces, as opposed to a bong.
 
hobhead said:
smoke inhalation just is harmful no matter the source of the smoke.
lungs need care
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Vape man vape! Vaporization gently releases the actives in the weed and leaves all the yucky stuff behind. We're in the 21st century people. It's cool to take care of your body. You lungs are important. Just Vape!
 
What the people here are missing is the temperature of the smoke.
When passed through water, the temperature of the smoke drops.
I have read that the heat of smoke is linked to tongue, throat, and lung cancers.
So smoking bongs is healthy in that way.
Whether this makes up for the tar:THC ration, I am not sure.

But if you are really concerned with your health, vaping is clearly the best choice.

(Also, if you are smoking weed, that is not really a fast, is it?
I always quit smoking when I fast, since the point of fasting is to clean your body and mind.
Smoking weed is introducing more chemicals into your body, affecting your mind. )
 
minging said:
Vape man vape! Vaporization gently releases the actives in the weed and leaves all the yucky stuff behind. We're in the 21st century people. It's cool to take care of your body. You lungs are important. Just Vape!
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People are nothing but sheeps still, and will do nothing but follow others.
As soon as a vape fad starts, people will engage in vaping. It's only a matter of time, before high school kids realize what they are doing to their lungs.
 
psyisk said:
People are nothing but sheeps still, and will do nothing but follow others.
As soon as a vape fad starts, people will engage in vaping. It's only a matter of time, before high school kids realize what they are doing to their lungs.
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It's more about availability, functionality and price; most vapouriziers cost a lot more than a nice glass bong, and are less mobile.
I personally would choose a bong over a vap, as I find the high from vaping weed just isn't the same as taking a couple bong rips to your dome
 
minging said:
Vape man vape! Vaporization gently releases the actives in the weed and leaves all the yucky stuff behind. We're in the 21st century people. It's cool to take care of your body. You lungs are important. Just Vape!
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i had been considering it and now, thanks 2 you, i am going to buy a vaporiser online :)=D%):D

safe
 
psyisk said:
People are nothing but sheeps still, and will do nothing but follow others.
As soon as a vape fad starts, people will engage in vaping. It's only a matter of time, before high school kids realize what they are doing to their lungs.
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and if all weed smokers in the world all followed together 'like sheep' and vaped there bud, that would be bad for there lungs??

go vaper crew! theres a bandwagon- im jumping on it!
 
hobhead said:
smoke inhalation just is harmful no matter the source of the smoke.
lungs need care
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Yeah that's why I only vaporize now the rare times I use herb.

Smoking all day evrrrrrrrrrrrry day or on weekends was fun when I was younger but I don't have enough free time in the day to spend it all stoned.
 
Vaporizers are obviously the best thing hands down. But smoking every now and than is not that bad for you. Not everyone can afford a nice Vaporizer either ya know lol.
 
bongs filter out thc as well as tar and cbds. its definitely a cleaner smoke than a joint or a pipe since bongs have a filtration system, and also the smoke wont be as hot so you wont be causing damage/irritation from the heat. i don't know how true this is but i've heard that putting ice in the bong will cause the ice to crack and send off tine ice particles that damage your lungs(heh..), a little more plausible, someone told me that you can damage your lungs from inhaling cold smoke because of the expansion once inside your lungs. that one kind of made sense when i think back on all the times i've taken icey cold bong loads then spent the next 5 minutes clenching my chest with tears coming out of my eyes because it feels like my lungs are collapsing/collapsed. really tho, imo if your worried about your health quit doin drukqs.
 
I was more under the impression that pulling cannabis smoke through water doesn;t so much clean or remove anything from it but just cools the smoke or puts water vapor into it to make it less dry/harsh.
 
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