Pop cans

The first time I started smoking pot, my sister and I made a "pipe" out of an aluminum soda can. One of my friends, whose word on these matters I take seriously, said that its bad for you. I dont remember the deatils he provided me but I think it was of the sort that when the aluminum burns it can get into your lungs when you inhale. Now that I look back on my experiences smoking out of these, I notice a start difference between that and regular pipes or bongs. I am much more relaxed when I'm not high with regular stuff than the pop can.

I Just wanted to hear some of the opinons everyone might have about this. Is smoking out of a pop can a bad thing or okay thing to do? And if not, why?

whenever i first started smoking pot, before i got a pipe - i used pop cans all of the time. they were the easiest, most convenient, and most importantly - they were disposable. ive heard lots of things bad about smoking out of popcans but when you dont have a pipe.. its sort of like fuck it.. obviously since im smoking pot, the condition of my lungs doesnt mean much to my immediate conscience.

i wouldnt be surprised though if smoking out of a can is worse. i never noticed a difference on the affect of my high.. but honestly, at least with me - it makes weed last longer.. since i put less on the can than i would in a pipe.

*shudders* I remember smoking out of cans back in the day... I'd rather smoke half as much outta a glass bowl than doulbe from a can...

Yup...Aluminium oxide (the stuff that is produced from heated aluminium) is toxic.
I know this from my time in a metal-fabrication workshop.

The welders have to wear face masks, and are required to have milk provided by the company (I think the milk acts as a counter to the oxide).
Obviously you're not gonna get the same amount of oxide from the can as a welder would from fabrication, but the principle is the same.
The reason you feel 'higher' from cans, is because of the toxidity.

I used cans in the early days too, but I don't think that cans are the same as they used to be (ie, more recycled material content).

Get a proper pipe, init...or smoke joints...:D

you're supposed to drink the milk, right Resinate?

but yes, there have been studies linking aluminum to Alzheimer's disease, not to mention it tastes like ass and really doesn't work all that well...seriously, just don't buy weed once and get yourself a nice pipe instead. most head shops have 'novelty' keychain pipes that are perfectly functional and are aboot $5 canadian. so like $2 american, or maybe 1 pound british if you swing that way.


but I recommend glass ;) its worth the extra money, but make sure it is pyrex! pyrex is stoner proof.

lol@'drink the milk'...although, there was this one time, when the welder thought that the milk was supposed to be some kind of cooling fluid for the welding machine :rolleyes:....ooooh, the sparks! :D

'Tis the same when one sands off aluminium...the paticles are carcinogenous.

I had to slap a kid one day, cos he was using a can, but hadn't even bothered to scrape the paint off first...cuh!
Kids, eh?

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Originally Posted by chrace

The first time I started smoking pot, my sister and I made a "pipe" out of an aluminum soda can. One of my friends, whose word on these matters I take seriously, said that its bad for you. I dont remember the deatils he provided me but I think it was of the sort that when the aluminum burns it can get into your lungs when you inhale. Now that I look back on my experiences smoking out of these, I notice a start difference between that and regular pipes or bongs. I am much more relaxed when I'm not high with regular stuff than the pop can.

I Just wanted to hear some of the opinons everyone might have about this. Is smoking out of a pop can a bad thing or okay thing to do? And if not, why?

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well i doubt it will kill you, it proberbly isnt good to use a can everytime you smoke, but occasionally wont be 'that' bad for you.

lol the good old cans....many years since i used them ;)

jello-shots for breakfast.

BAD BAD BAD

EVIL COCA COLA

in short bro, what i guess evryone is trying to say, use them as a last resort but dont really worry about it. so long as you dont smoke with em evry day or even every week, you will be fine.

just scrape some tip money togethr and get an olderkid from you school to pick you up a pipe at the nearest headshop. haha thats how i got my first pipe! i still ahve it... little metal pipe that unscrewe in about 8 places so i could hide it!

rock on!
~seeker~

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Originally Posted by RESiNATE

Get a proper pipe, init...or smoke joints...:D

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I smoke pipes and bongs now, a good sized silver pipe, its pretty cool, and an water bong sometimes but I dont usually smoke joints unless its with a girlfriend or another friend and we are in a hurry or something. I usually smoke out of my pipe. Joints seem kind of wasteful to me becasue when you are passing them around, its still burning, and since the prices for pot are a good amount, I dont want to waste them. It is also a little more dangerous becasue more toxins get into you through smoking joints, like cigarettes for example, just because they are in paper and you smoke them, more toxins get into your lungs. Then again, who gives a fuck, I dont, but I like to know all the facts.

How does everyone else feel about joints?

Damn no shit, it has seriously been years since i have smoked out of a can. I'mma do it for the hell of it today.

its not so much bad or okay its just ghetto :D

hell yeah, 651pm and just got done smokin 4 bowls out of the can, memoires :p stoned as hell and eating pizza hut, gettin ready to go buy a few 40's for me and a friend drinkin em then playin some halo 2 on live :D

sounds like a plan!