Not Everyone Uses Cannabis Quite The Same Way
Smoking cannabis isn?t considered the most healthy possible way to ingest the compound. Edibles tend to be better. However, it is easier to moderate the psychoactive impact of cannabis through smoking, owing to more immediate effects. You know right away when you?ve hit your ?limit? if you?re smoking, rather than taking edibles.
That said, if you?ve never smoked anything before?let alone marijuana?there is certainly a learning curve. Following we?ll explore how people smoke, as well as associated details worth considering if one method appeals to you over another.
The Old Standby: Joints, Spliffs, And Blunts
The stereotype for smoking weed is to simply roll it into a marijuana cigarette, or a ?joint?. These can be small, skinny, long, or fat. Basically, weed is ground up and arranged on a paper, which is rolled up. The front is tightened with a twist to keep cannabis from falling out. The person smoking the joint will suck a mouthful of smoke in, stop, inhale that mouthful, and then hold it for as long as they can. It?s best to suck a very little bit in at first, before inhaling what you?ve drawn in. When you inhale, this may well make you cough. The more you inhale, the harder the cough.
So just inhale a small amount, then exhale. You can hold it in, but contrary to popular belief, you don?t have to. The more you hold it in, the more pronounced the high?by some accounts. However, you?ll get a high even if you don?t hold it in a...