Do You Know What Your Doing When Your High
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Quondam POTUS/Future Showtime Homo Beak Clinton famously admitted in 1992 that he had attempted to smoke marijuana, merely didn't know how to inhale. Keep this in mind: even an eventual president couldn't lay lips on the earth's favorite semi-prohibited plant without stuttering and failing. So, don't be discouraged by your own chronic shortcomings.
In order to help you go from square to Redman, nosotros consulted two total-time marijuana experts -- Michael Armstrong, manager and budtender at famous (and legal!) Colorado dispensary LiveGreen Cannabis, and "Elvis," an illegal marijuana deliveryman in New York who understandably prefers to remain anonymous -- to get the straight dope on everything you need to know while "doing the pot." Here are 25 things you're doing wrong when lighting upwardly.
1. Treating pot like a cigar
Michael advises starting time-timers inhale like they're smoking a cigarette and non a cigar -- so accept a draw, then have that deep, extra jiff to bring the smoke all the mode down. And despite pop belief, neither good had noticed any difference in upshot the longer the fume is 'held' in the lungs. "There'southward evidence out at that place that claims nosotros absorb whatever and all THC from smoke pretty quickly, within seconds, so holding it in for a long time is essentially doing nothing," Elvis says. "Just make sure yous exhale in deeply, that's more important," Armstrong adds.
ii. Thinking you won't get loftier the first fourth dimension
Elvis and Michael both confided that they got "very-to-extremely" high the first fourth dimension they smoked weed, and the prevailing belief that you won't feel anything the offset time around is a myth perpetrated by smoking incorrectly. "Truth be told, I remember a lot of people perhaps aren't inhaling correctly their offset fourth dimension smoking, which would brand them think it doesn't work," Armstrong says.
iii. Using your carb incorrectly
A "carb" is the little hole on the side of a basin or a bell that you plug with your finger while taking a hit. It's there and so you can articulate your bowl of smoke without taking another puff. "When you feel like you've gotten a sufficient pull, yous take your finger off, 'releasing it,' then continue to inhale, thus clearing the bowl of smoke," Armstrong says. "That's it -- bell or bowl -- information technology'south not too complicated."
iv. Throwing out the stems
I's man's decline can get another human (or the same man, again) stoned, co-ordinate to Michael. "[Stems] still have a lot of THC sticking to them, for the most office, and in a pinch y'all tin employ them to get high." You can soak them in alcohol to make a THC-infused cocktail (!), put them in a vaporizer to cook the THC out, or make "stem tea," which is exactly what you wait information technology to be -- just soak your stems in warm tea for a few hours to extract that intoxicating THC, Earl Grey-style.
5. Not knowing the deviation between indicas and sativas
Armstrong considers this ane of the most important facets of marijuana apply, one that many casual smokers overlook. "This makes all the divergence. In that location are two basic kinds of marijuana: sativa, and indica, both having their own, unique furnishings. Traditionally, indica releases a more mellow torso high, while sativa is a little more than intense, and is typically what yous would call a 'caput-focused' loftier -- information technology'southward more than psychoactive. Here'southward a quick key nosotros use: indica means 'in da' couch,' like, yous'll typically be relaxed, and mellow after smoking. Sativa means 'festiva'; it's good for partying, going out, doing things. For starting time-time smokers, or people who go paranoid easily, I'll ordinarily recommend indica, equally it's less likely to crusade feet as a sativa. Most strains are hybrids, nowadays -- they're a mix of each, to varying degrees. That's normally what you are smoking, specially if you don't specifically know what it is. So, you'll be getting both sides of the spectrum.
"But -- and this is important -- everyone's body chemistry is unlike. People can react to sure strains in different means. It'due south all nearly how your body independently reacts. There are these guidelines, certain, only the only style to know how you volition react to a certain strain variation is to try it."
6. Not owning a grinder
Armstrong and Elvis were in complete agreement well-nigh using a grinder every fourth dimension they smoke, saying it creates a level of burning consistency that can't exist accomplished manually. As an added bonus, it makes kief (the very fine, almost dust-like material that collects at the bottom chamber of a traditional grinder) that contains a metric buttload (not an official measurement) of discarded THC that you can put on top of your supply. "Information technology's fucking crawly," Elvis says.
7. Storing it in the worst places possible
"If you need to continue some weed for a while, make sure your bud is in an airtight container, somewhere dark, cool, and if possible, non too barren... glass containers over plastic," Armstrong says. "This will go on it fresh tasting, and make sure information technology doesn't dry out or lose any consequence. If y'all really want to keep your weed fresh, they make humidors (like for cigars), to store big quantities."
eight. Torching it with a crappy lighter
Matches and heavy butane lighters tin requite your weed a bad gustation, and your lungs a sucker punch with heavy gases and harsh sulfur notes. Armstrong says he (and everyone he knows) uses a standard BIC, simply HempWick is an pick for those who desire to continue it organic. Elvis agrees, for the near office: "I do apply a regular BIC, though in a compression I have been known to use those long-ass grill lighters... only they aren't ideal." Cash-strapped higher kids across the nation are nodding their heads in solidarity.
9. Claiming it's "laced"
Elvis says he hears this "myth" frequently. "About importantly, if y'all bought weed that was laced with other drugs, and didn't know about it, it would hateful that dealers were just giving yous extra drugs -- that are probably more than expensive than weed in the first place -- for free, and not telling you about information technology for some reason. That makes goose egg sense." For Armstrong and other smokers in Colorado, this is a total not-upshot, every bit their marijuana undergoes strenuous, official testing. He thinks information technology may happen in some cases, but overall, it's people getting uncomfortably (or unexpectedly) high.
10. Being a dickhead and not cornering the bowl
You're going to desire to "corner" your basin, which is lighting only a modest portion of the surface expanse to make sure some green is left over for your buddies... or yourself. "I even do it when I'grand smoking by myself," Armstrong says. "It actually makes the whole experience amend than just burning the whole superlative -- this way, you don't take a bunch of green underneath a layer of ashes, and every hit has a niggling fresh bud in it." And Elvis adds, "It'due south simply rude. Don't merely grab the bowl and spark the whole matter upwards, like a fiend."
11. Being clueless about smoking devices
Vaporizers are the decidedly 21st-century option for those seeking a "mellow, less-intense, but long-lingering" high that's slap-up for travel, and keeping a solid buzz, according to Armstrong. "Pipes and bongs are pretty like in result -- as are joints, actually -- but with bongs you usually go a massive rip. They cool down the smoke to brand it easier to inhale, and have higher volume chambers, and so you get a lot of smoke in one hit, and it'due south smoother and not equally harsh." This is probably why people tend to think bongs make them higher.
12. Freaking out, man!
Armstrong recommend people prone to paranoia try a moderately strong indica strain, as information technology'south less likely to induce anxiety every bit a sativa-leaning bud. "I likewise think you should be smoking with someone you lot trust, and someone experienced, so you tin can lean on them for communication and guidance. Most importantly, if all you did was smoke, and didn't do anything else, just remember: you're going to be fine. In an hr, everything will be normal." Elvis recommends staving off a panic assault by playing with pets, listening to music you honey, and keeping your mind occupied. "
13. Forgetting to encompass your tracks
For those of us unfortunate enough to live in areas where marijuana is still strictly prohibited (or, y'all're just living with a parent/significant other/roommate who frowns upon the devil's cabbage), covering your tracks is a bothersome, but essential component to smoking and beingness high. Febreze does the trick for the aroma, while Rohto drops will take intendance of your eyes (be warned, they burn like hell). "If y'all want to smoke without it smelling, grab a cardboard toilet paper roll, and stuff it tightly (but not too tightly) with dryer sheets -- exhale through that. It volition cut the smell down dramatically," Elvis adds, dubbing it a "silencer."
14. Packing the bowl like a slob
Even if you utilise a grinder to break upward your bud, you lot can pack a bowl incorrectly. "I ever will take a slighter, bigger piece of non-grinded nug, and use information technology as a plug at the bottom of my bowl, and then the grinded, finer weed doesn't slip through. You also shouldn't be packing your bowls too tightly, as this will crusade a bad pull. Air has to be able to motility through the basin pack, in order for you lot to inhale," Armstrong says.
15. Misinterpreting your coughs
In that location are a few mutual misconceptions about coughing while smoking: information technology will (somehow?) get your higher, information technology's a alarm sign that yous are getting too high, and that coughing is a indicate that you're smoking "good bud." All three claims were thoroughly denied by our esteemed experts. "I mean, I smoke every day. Sometimes I coughing, sometimes I don't. I don't think at that place's any difference in outcome, nor exercise I retrieve information technology's dependent on adept bud or not," Armstrong explains. "For instance, if I smoke out of a vape, I tend to cough more because the vapor is really hot when it hits my lungs. Expert bud won't make you cough whatever more than mediocre bud, and coughing is not necessarily a warning sign that yous are getting too high -- more than likely, it means your throat and lungs are irritated because of the smoke/vape itself."
Elvis is in the same camp: "I've heard those things before, the kind of pseudo-scientific discipline that says coughing 'opens up your lungs,' just from my [extensive] experience, that'southward just not the case. You lot don't go any college. And, 'stronger' weed won't brand you lot cough more than the bad shit -- information technology depends more on your smoking device and your ain lungs. Weed strength isn't displayed in the smoke, information technology'due south proven in how you lot experience."
xvi. Knowing nothing about practiced vs. bad weed
If you don't trust that white dude with cornrows and a hemp sweatshirt in the park, and his exclamation that his bags are "hot fire," there are a few things you lot can look for that will advertise high quality, according to Armstrong. "Frostiness" (what he calls the trivial crystals on buds), is a prime sign of premier product. "A skillful blossom will also normally exist spongy, but not too moisture. Information technology shouldn't be dried out though, obviously. It should have a little give when yous press downward on it, and be on the denser side." And, those trivial red hairs? They aren't necessarily proof of merit, and oft don't mean much.
17. Letting your tolerance build too much
If you are a regular smoker experiencing diminishing effects from weed, it might be time to take a tolerance break. "Building up a tolerance to weed, and getting less loftier the more yous smoke, is definitely a thing," Armstrong says. "That'southward why people go along 'tolerance breaks,' taking a few days or even a week or two to reset their system. That's really all you need, to get dorsum to feeling the full effects."
18. Being too conspicuous around the fuzz
"I don't really have to worry almost this," Armstrong says, "just yet, fifty-fifty if you buy weed in legal states, from a dispensary, you probably shouldn't bulldoze with it in your front seat. Put information technology in the trunk, in legal states or not. It's but smart. If y'all get pulled over, yous don't want a cop seeing a bag from a dispensary in your forepart seat. It will give them a reason to be suspicious you lot are smoking while driving." On the illegal side of things, Elvis has some pretty handy advice. "Put it in your underwear."
xix. Being wasteful
Joints and blunts, despite the pronounced admiration of Afro-Human being, may not exist the most efficient way to smoke. "They're constantly called-for when you're smoking them, or passing them around, fifty-fifty when you aren't smoking," Armstrong says. "A small bowl, bong, or piffling one-hitter would be more efficient. If you lot are trying to conserve weed, your best bet is probably a vape. You get a lot of hits for a small amount of weed, and also, fifty-fifty when your weed has been thoroughly vaped, you can still use the burned bud left over to smoke... if you're really in a pinch."
20. Overlooking the glories of the dab
Consider the dab -- a somewhat recent phenomenon that is substantially a mega-hit of THC in hash-oil form. Information technology comes in a wax, or shatter (kind of looks like amber), and is made by running solvents through potent buds, and so letting the solvents cool and harden. Armstrong compares the effect as "the hard liquor shot, to a standard bowl rip's beer." It comes on quickly, and information technology'south very intense. You can fume it with either a vape pen, or a bong-esque rig that requires blow-torch, butane flames, or other heavy-duty lighters (seriously). So, if you like to fly super high, super quickly, and don't mind intensely concentrated open fires effectually increasingly clumsy people, dabs might be right for you.
21. Thinking you lot can just eat it raw, for some reason
Simply put: you can't. "You can't consume weed raw to get stoned. It's impossible," Elvis says. "You lot need to heat it to at least 200-250 degrees to release the THC [Editors Notation: He's right] and fifty-fifty then, you need a fatty substance like butter to absorb the released THC. That's why we sell edibles, also."
22. Lazily picking the wrong buds
Ofttimes, people will choose bags with the biggest, boldest nugs in them, but that'southward not necessarily how you'll get the most bang for your buck. "Usually, the larger nugs will have a big stem in them, so you'll actually end upwardly with more flower if you get a agglomeration of smaller nugs instead," Armstrong says. "Actually, a lot of our more potent strains simply naturally come in smaller, tighter nugs, in my experience. That being said, a lot of people simply like getting one big nug, considering information technology's kind of cool -- it'southward a visual thing."
23. Letting your pipes get filthy and clogged
Every bit this scene in There's Something Nigh Mary taught u.s., cleaning the pipes before a large engagement is a necessity. Cleaning your weed piping: just as important. Armstrong's got it down to a science: "People over-recall cleaning. Purchase some 99% isopropyl alcohol from a drug store and, if information technology's really dirty, maybe some common salt as well. That's all I use. Let your slice soak for a while in the alcohol and rinse it off with hot water. If yous're working with a bong, and it's really bad, fill the base with a bit of alcohol and some tabular array table salt. This will help break some of the resin loose. Shake it (carefully, I've broken a couple paychecks' worth of glass but from this step), rinse with hot water (give information technology a milk shake here also) and repeat. You can reuse the alcohol for a couple of rinses."
24. Thinking smoking and eating are the aforementioned
THC is captivated through your stomach, and metabolized when y'all swallow it, so it takes a little longer to kick in (from thirty minutes to ii hours, depending on the individual). "It's somewhat dependent on the strain, but I've found edibles carry more of a trunk loftier, then sometimes fifty-fifty sativas tin end up feeling more like indicas," Armstrong says. "They come up on more slowly, but information technology lasts a lot longer -- 5-plus hours, in some cases. Personally, they always stop upwards making me very sleepy. We recommend people await a full two hours earlier determining an edible 'doesn't piece of work,' and taking more. You could get college than yous want." This is sound advice.
25. Drinking the bong water
"No one really does that, human. That's kind of a stupid question," Elvis says.
Welp. Guess information technology's simply me then...
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