Holding a Hit - Make You Higher?

what ive heard is that holding ur hit in longer doesnt do anything more
you just feel more high because ur not getting any oxygen to ur brain so u get light headed from oxygen deprivation.
i agree with the fact that it only takes a second to absorb the thc

Ya I used to always hold my hits for 30 seconds until no smoke came out. It made it alot stronger high (and made me feel bad ass) but I found out the larger high you get from doing that is just because the lack of oxygen kills your brain cells. So now I just buy more dope....Problem Solved!

I always heard that if you hold it in longer it makes you higher but this sounds interesting. :thumbsup:

Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

i only hold in hits for a few seconds, take a deep hit, and then inhale a little bit to get all the smoke down in my lugs, hold for a second, and then exhale. i get just as high doing that, then if i hold my breath for 30 seconds. just when i hold me breath longer, i get a headache

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

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:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

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The problem with this website is that people claim to "know" about things. Are you a doctor specialized in lungs? if no and even if you are what the heck do you know? "Gives your longs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good?" seriously how can you say this with a straight face

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Originally Posted by kgb420

i'll try to find the article.. they studied this and proved that holding a hit in for a long time is the biggest factor as far as getting the most out of it. holding it in longer until you have to cough will always have the strongest effect.. i'll look for the article and post it if i find it.

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Well the idiots who wrote that article havnt got a clue what they're talking about.

^^ i agree

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Originally Posted by prairieplantsystems

The problem with this website is that people claim to "know" about things. Are you a doctor specialized in lungs? if no and even if you are what the heck do you know? "Gives your longs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good?" seriously how can you say this with a straight face

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Wow.... so do you think its better to keep harmful smoke in your "longs" as opposed to fresh air? Is that what you're trying to say?

And as for "even if you are a doctor specialised in lungs, what do you know"......thats laughable. For some, ignorance truly is bliss. I think its pretty obvious that you have no thoughts on the subject so you decided to just chat shit for attention. You may as well have stuck a flag on your arse saying "Look at me everybody!". Minus rep for you mate.