Fornax55
Bluelighter
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The stat that spurred this question was in the bioavailability megathread, it stated that meth had a 90.4% bioavailability when smoked, which was significantly higher than other ROAs.
My question is, how can meth (or anything) have a higher BA when smoked? Meth in particular confuses me because in general, people don't hold their meth tokes in until there's nothing left. They like to blow out huge clouds. What's in that cloud, then? Would that not be a huge percentage of the meth just being breathed out prior to absorption?
Same Q goes for anything else. Someone told me once that most of the THC in marijuana is absorbed within the first second of inhalation (no sources or anything for this, it's just for reference to further my question) so what's in the smoke that's breathed out?
I'd imagine that in CERTAIN cases, the active ingredients of a drug might be absorbed immediately, prior to any heavier vapors/smokes that are inhaled, but I highly doubt that's the case for all drugs that are smoked. Can anyone shed some light?
My question is, how can meth (or anything) have a higher BA when smoked? Meth in particular confuses me because in general, people don't hold their meth tokes in until there's nothing left. They like to blow out huge clouds. What's in that cloud, then? Would that not be a huge percentage of the meth just being breathed out prior to absorption?
Same Q goes for anything else. Someone told me once that most of the THC in marijuana is absorbed within the first second of inhalation (no sources or anything for this, it's just for reference to further my question) so what's in the smoke that's breathed out?
I'd imagine that in CERTAIN cases, the active ingredients of a drug might be absorbed immediately, prior to any heavier vapors/smokes that are inhaled, but I highly doubt that's the case for all drugs that are smoked. Can anyone shed some light?