Originally posted by AThousandYoungI don’t think it purifies the smoke, I think it helps separate the THC or something. I saw a documentary on it but I forgot most of it because I was scorched.
Purify the smoke? I find that hard to believe. Hot water should work much better than ice.
Now, it will cool the smoke of course...
Originally posted by mikelomWell actually I was using it everyday for about 2-3 years and since February last year I just decided to not have anymore. It really was quite easy. Anyway it's nearly been a year now and I have a quart of my mate’s finest sitting hidden in the car and the thought of touching it has never crossed my mind. You just grow out of it at your own time. And I have never known anyone who has been dependant on it. Every one of my mates just eventually stopped using it out of their own accord.
So can you leave your cannabis alone tomorrow for 4 days?
And it has actually helped me. I was suffering from an unknown virus for about 5 months which gave me shocking nausea and as a result I couldn’t eat properly. I was losing weight fast and the only thing that would rid the nausea (no prescription drugs worked) and gave me back my appetite was weed.
Smoke is a heated mixture of gasses, vapors and solids. The vapor is almost virtually all water vapor. The rest of it, at least in the case of ANSI issue marijuana circa 1975*, is as follows:
Gas Phase: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, acetaldehyde, HCN, acetone, ammonia, toluene, acetonitrile, isoprene, benzene, dimethylnitrosamine, and methylethylnitrosamine
Particulates: tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, phenol, o-cresol, m-p-cresol, 2,4 and 2,5-dimethylphenol, 1-methylnapthalene, 2-methylnapthalene, napthalene, benzoanthracene, benzopyrene
Out of this miasma, what you want is the tetrahydrocannabinol, the long and pedantic name for the infamous THC of legend. The rest of it is crap (with the possible exception of the cannabidiol, which is a close, but less active relative of THC). Now, when you pass all this stuff through some water, you lose some of the water soluble constituents. Luckily, neither THC or any of its active relatives are water soluble. A bunch of the other stuff, however, is, and passing the lot through some water reduces the presence of those constituents in the smoke. This is a good thing as many of the water soluble constituents are carcinogenic and or toxic. Note that the lower the concentration of the constituents in the water, the better this works - so put new water in your bong once in a while.
Now, as previously mentioned, THC isn't water soluble, and that's why you use water in a bong. THC is somewhat soluble in alcohol, so using alcohol in a bong will somewhat reduce the amount of THC that makes it to you. THC, BTW, is quite fat soluble, and so using any kind of oil in your bong, aside from being gross and messy, will drastically reduce the THC in the smoke that reaches you (bound again, by the same equilibrium based constraints on functional effect).
But wait, what about the cooling effect? Ice bongs work better, right? Well, ice water in a bong cools the smoke down and leads to a denser filling of the post-water chamber (so you get more smoke), but I'd bet - and I'll note that I'm just guessing here - that this cooler temperature probably reduces the effectivness of the filtration because of the general decrease in solubility at colder temperatures.
http://www.totse.com/en/drugs/marijuana/bong_sci.html
Milk has a lot of fat in it, which the THC will be attracted to. So, if you use chocolate milk in the bong, at least drink the "bongmilk" afterwards.
The only reason I can think of that ice might help clean the smoke is that the colder temperature might encourage larger particles to settle out. But we want the particles when we smoke, right?
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThere is an old belief that hot water opens up your lungs, so that they absorb the THC better. I have no idea if it's true. Hot water bongs are not as smooth as ice cold bongs.
[i]Smoke is a heated mixture of gasses, vapors and solids. The vapor is almost virtually all water vapor. The rest of it, at least in the case of ANSI issue marijuana circa 1975*, is as follows:
Gas Phase: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, acetaldehyde, HCN, acetone, ammonia, toluene, acetonitrile, isoprene, benzene, dimethylnitrosamine, and methyle encourage larger particles to settle out. But we want the particles when we smoke, right?
Edit: Why is it in italics? I didn't choose that. It's a flashback from my acid days ain't it?
Originally posted by EAPOEHrm, I always thought the 'sludge' was included with the 'bong water'. I suppose some wusses dont do sludge. =/
I will give you a guinea if you drink all the choclate milk. . . . plus the sludge.
...what's a guinea? Is that currency, or the animal? I would do it for animal so I could play with it to my hearts content. Woo, that Killians; my oh my!
Originally posted by Ice ColdWhen you quote and reply, the quoted post will have part of the middle of it removed to save space if it's too long. If the removed region contained a command to stop using a text modifier - in this case, the [ /i], then the [ i] I used to start italics in my post will continue into yours.
There is an old belief that hot water opens up your lungs, so that they absorb the THC better. I have no idea if it's true. Hot water bongs are not as smooth as ice cold bongs.
Edit: Why is it in italics? I didn't choose that. It's a flashback from my acid days ain't it?
This should be in the FAQ.
Originally posted by Anonymousnumber1He'll send you an Mafia hitman.
Hrm, I always thought the 'sludge' was included with the 'bong water'. I suppose some wusses dont do sludge. =/
...what's a guinea? Is that currency, or the animal? I would do it for animal so I could play with it to my hearts content. Woo, that Killians; my oh my!