Coughing gets you more high

Is that true?

I heard in Jackie Brown that it does-

and I know sometimes if I cough a lot after taking a hit I get light-headed, but I think its just lack of oxygen or something.

i always feel higher when i go into a coughing spell, more so then when i dont

So what happens after a nice coughing spell is you do indeed FEEL higher but in fact what has happened is because of all your coughing your brain has been devoid of its usual amount of oxygen. So you feel higher due to the lack of oxygen in your brain and by the time your brain gets its normal amount of oxygen and that feeling goes away the marijuana kicks in and it feels to you like one big amazing high. So I guess you could say it makes you feel higher, but does not actually make you higher.

I think it's positive reinforcement:

1. When you smoke a lot you get very high
2. When you cough you've smoked a lot

Your brain associates 1 and 2 and thinks that if you cough you get very high, even if you cough for another reason. And getting high is a lot mental. If you think you're gonna get destroyed, you'll get higher.

if you take a huge hit you are more likely to cough, at least for me.

i dont think you get any higher, its all mental. just perform an experiment, divide out 2 equal amounts of pot. smoke one normally. take down how high you get.then when you come back down smoke the next amount and caugh your ass off and see if your any higher.

i know there will be no difference in high, other then your eyes will be redder

Oh HELL yeah, man. I don't really cough that much anymore, but if I do there better be a chair and a glass of water. I hate standing with dry mouth. :stoned::mad:

It's just because you aren't giving your brain oxygen because of the coughing. It's the same as holding in the smoke for forever, doesn't get you higher just more light headed.

The Lemon and the person with mario banging peachy avatar are both right.

after coughing though you clear your throat which allows you to take a bigger toke next. Rather than having your throat blocked and coughing again midway hit.