Hold those hits in!

Well, I've been noticing lately that I haven't been getting as high as I should be considering the quality and quantity of the weed I'm smoking. Yesterday I found out the problem. I had a long shift at work, so I brought a little bowl and some weed with me. There's one bathroom at work you can only get into if you put a butterknife in the keyhole, so I went in there to smoke. There was a smoke detector, so I decided I would hold my hits in until I didn't breathe out any smoke, and I would only take little hits so I wouldn't cough. I took three little hits in there, and when I got back to work I was feeling niiiiiiiiice. The fact that I held each hit in for a good 30-45 seconds must have been the key factor here. You don't need to hold your hits in that long, but don't just breathe them out 5 seconds later like most people I smoke with. Hold them in, and you will get a lot more bang for your buck.

It's also a lot worse for you. However, I've been having a similar problem to you, so I'll try it out and report back...

Yeah I try to hold my hits in for as long as I can without coughing. It seems the lower I run on my weed stash the longer I hold in my hits. Just trying to savor it.

Ok, i wasted that one a little, but i do feel higher...

I'll have ot have another :stoned:

i think i've gotten into the habit of swallowing once or twice when i hit- it helps me hold it in longer.

nope, second thoughts, i'm caned...

The swallowing thing helps a lot. I also leave some lung capacity and inhale more after holding it for a bit.

On monster hits (gravity bong or whatever) sometimes I will drink something while I hold my breath... it helps ALOT on cached monster pipes and shit.

Orange Juice is pimp as shit :jointsmile:

Off topic: Those ice cream Tid-bits things are like glaciers when I am high. They kick ass.

Yea I swallow every time I take a hit and then hit it again and then hold it for like 6-12 seconds. Works weelllll.

I always hold them in for a minimum of 15 seconds. Sometimes I hold in hits for a minute straight..usually when I'm using the vape. I always hold in my hits, bongs, pipes, joints, blunts OR vapes.

Ill try it lol, but i would hate to do doing that far years imagine the state of your lungs hmmmm

IS THAT WHAT MY LUNGS LOOK LIKE FROM WEED???

weed irritates your lungs and passageways but it doesn't completely fuck em up like that

Hopefully law will change and good control studies will be conducted :D

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Originally Posted by goonin out

weed irritates your lungs and passageways but it doesn't completely fuck em up like that

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That's good to know, but smoking bud still causes tar to build up on your lungs.

yea but most people dont smoke weed nearly as often as you would cigs

really? i never heard of that. i'm sure its very small traces to the point where you probably shouldn't even worry about it. i'm real amped up on the fact that there shouldn't be any additives in my bud and i hate when its compared to smoking ciggs apart from always using rolling papers and blunts which are the only links i can figure out between weed and any other harmful man-made unnatural substance i guess. there's no wrong way to smoke though of course :stoned:

besides, when you swallow it usually goes straight down into your stomach

that doesnt work since almost 99% of THC is absorbed in 5 seconds.

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Well, I've been noticing lately that I haven't been getting as high as I should be considering the quality and quantity of the weed I'm smoking. Yesterday I found out the problem. I had a long shift at work, so I brought a little bowl and some weed with me. There's one bathroom at work you can only get into if you put a butterknife in the keyhole, so I went in there to smoke. There was a smoke detector, so I decided I would hold my hits in until I didn't breathe out any smoke, and I would only take little hits so I wouldn't cough. I took three little hits in there, and when I got back to work I was feeling niiiiiiiiice. The fact that I held each hit in for a good 30-45 seconds must have been the key factor here. You don't need to hold your hits in that long, but don't just breathe them out 5 seconds later like most people I smoke with. Hold them in, and you will get a lot more bang for your buck.

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DUDE, it must be contagious this time of year! Yesterday, i went to my gf's rocky horror practice and i smoked out of her little bowl outside, but this time i held in the smoke when people exited the building, and i was feeling very nice when i sat back down inside. Holding it in makes a world of difference!

Now you are suppose to hold your hits in at least longer than 3 seconds regardless to what anything says I know the longer you hold it in the higher you get. If 1-2 or 1-3 seconds works for some one else good, but I know exactly how high I like to be and for some reason that doesn't do it for me... That's one thing they have tried to prove that I just cannot agree with, 5-8 seconds is good, works great. I swear to GOD I hate when some one says "Yeah but guess what! 99.9% (ZOMG) of the THC is almost instantly absorbed within 3 seconds the exact second it enters your lungs!!!" lol like are you really looking at your lungs to be able to tell? How the hell do you really know that? But anyways 30 seconds is way too long lol.

Also Cannabis Campbell that's a funny picture haha.

From information I read (which I believe to be a reliable source upon reading, don't know where though), THC is absorbed instantly in the lungs.
In my opinion whether you hold it for a few seconds or a minuet, the effect from the cannabis will be the same. Its other tings that make you feel 'higher', like oxygen deprivation and such.

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Originally Posted by WeedyBoyWonder

From information I read (which I believe to be a reliable source upon reading, don't know where though), THC is absorbed instantly in the lungs.
In my opinion whether you hold it for a few seconds or a minuet, the effect from the cannabis will be the same. Its other tings that make you feel 'higher', like oxygen deprivation and such.

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So the very second you take a hit you blow it back out lol?

Yeah its called a ghost hit.

i used to spew out the same rhetoric as the ppl above, and then finally i started thinking on my own and tested this out myself

i have to be honest, i got legitamately higher for longer when i held in hits for 7 seconds than when i held them in for 3. i did it over 2 weeks, half a week was 3 seconds and half was 7 both times. i got much higher holding for 7

"99.9% of thc is absorbed instantly" - this is damn near impossible for just about ANY vapor in the world.

back in the day I heard it took 13 seconds to absorb thc in the lungs.

Dive:stoned:

This is such an ongoing debate...yet still no 100% clear cut answer.

When I first started smoking, it was a 'fact' that holding it in longer got you 'higher'. I never even heard about the '99% instantly/3-5 seconds' until I came here. I have still yet to see any facts or scientific evidence to prove this, but I have seen many people on here say it...I don't get it...where did this come from LOL?!?

It's hard to say what the truth is really...I usually do 3-5 seconds if I have weed to go around, but if I only have like a bowl, I might do 5-8 just to 'make sure' I get high. I would never hold a blunt hit in for more than a few seconds though.

Anyway, in my opinion, instantaneous absorption is a little far fetched, but 3-5 seems to make more sense.

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Originally Posted by pixel

i used to spew out the same rhetoric as the ppl above, and then finally i started thinking on my own and tested this out myself

i have to be honest, i got legitamately higher for longer when i held in hits for 7 seconds than when i held them in for 3. i did it over 2 weeks, half a week was 3 seconds and half was 7 both times. i got much higher holding for 7

"99.9% of thc is absorbed instantly" - this is damn near impossible for just about ANY vapor in the world.

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THANK YOU! I also did a similar test, that's why I came up with the conclusion that that THC absorbed instantly thing was just bull shit.

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Originally Posted by orangeman

So the very second you take a hit you blow it back out lol?

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long enough to make sure all the smoke is in my lungs, a few seconds. Its not like I count, but not longer than about 4 or 5 seconds from taking my mouth from the bong.

strange thing, i felt the same way a few days ago, i was smoking a pretty decent amount and not really getting as high as i thought i should, the next day i decided to hold in the hits as long as i could, using the same pipe and same amount of weed and i was definitely 10 times higher , i keep that shit about "blah balh instant obsorb blah blah" but now i hold in all my hits super long and i get super high HOLD YOUR HITSS!!!

I only hold them in a few times each session, like the last few hits usually if im smoking a lot (joints or blunts or something), and like the last 2 hits in a bong session, jsut because it fucks up my lungs otherwise. i cant box as good when i hold hits in real long, it leaves my shit fucked up for like a day, just coughin and shit... I smoke the kind of bud that has people coughin and i dont cough anymore because of the amount of resin already in my lungs, but when i just smoke normally it doesnt impair my lung capacity or give me a cough, when i hold in lots or all of my hits it just kills my lungs esp. on bong rips, you will cough so fucking hard it will blow you away if you hold hits off of a big bong in too long haha it just fills your lungs up so much...

I am sure that you can scrape more high for your weed with longer hits, but think about it, is it really a good thing to get in the habit of not only holding your breath, but to combine it with breathing in carbon monoxide (it replaces the O2 you breathe in) and carbon dioxide for a 10-15 smoke session? it just seems like the negatives outweigh the positives in terms of air deprevation, but i guess if you dont really care about health, and just want to get high, go for it.

for me, i hold the hits as long as they are comfortable, which is usually 3-5 seconds max.

rutherford is right, try holding your breath after hitting a roor

I find following this method gives good results when the chronic is under par. Take your nice smooth hit. Don't hoot it back quick, but don't drag it on forever, let it brew nicely. Once you have a full nice hit, take a quick suck in of air, almost like a tiny joint puff just to clear any last bit of smoke out of your mouth. Hold it comfortably. I find holding it until the piece is passed off to the next person is plenty, don't over-do it so your next breaths are gasps. 10 seconds I would say is a good ballpark. Then simply exhale at will.

Happy smoking and remember, make sure theres a lighter before packing a bowl.
~Bryan~

Based on my research he did a "Ghost Hit". But in my opinion he's trying to choke himself to death in the bathroom.

wouldn't a vaporizer be a good way to end this, it doesn't give off carcinogens so you can hold that hit as long as you want.:stoned:

Actually holding it in or not doesn't matter. You get just as high. What ever you feel from holding it in can be chalked up to the oxygen deprivation lol...

Honestly, it takes 1-2 seconds for something like 92% of all THC to be absorbed into the lungs..all that's needed is a simple inhale, pause, exhale...

Holding it in any longer means your only harming yourself with all the carcinogens you're SUPPOSED to exhale after a couple seconds.

True story! :jointsmile:

as your blowing out, breathe back in before the smoke leaves your mouth. repeat that like 3 times. the re-enterance of the smoke helps.

or you can blow your hits into a bag/ baloon. but dont let the hit sit for too long cuz it gets nasty

I could see holding it in for a few seconds, but trying to turn your face blue is a bit much. But thanks for the reminder. I should get back into the habit, or at least try it.

I definitely don't think what I felt was oxygen deprivation. Oxygen deprivation doesn't give you cottonmouth and the munchies like that. People keep saying the lungs are extremely efficient at absorbing THC out of all the chemicals in cannabis smoke, but I just don't see any good evidence for that. Does anybody have any proof? I must say I'm rather skeptical that virtually all the THC can be absorbed by the lung tissue that quickly.

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Originally Posted by Its a Plant

Actually holding it in or not doesn't matter. You get just as high. What ever you feel from holding it in can be chalked up to the oxygen deprivation lol...

Honestly, it takes 1-2 seconds for something like 92% of all THC to be absorbed into the lungs..all that's needed is a simple inhale, pause, exhale...

Holding it in any longer means your only harming yourself with all the carcinogens you're SUPPOSED to exhale after a couple seconds.

True story! :jointsmile:

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but these carcinogens aren't cancerous...so I'd rather hold it in and feel MUCH higher than I would if I only held it in for a few seconds, plus then I wouldn't cough, and if you don't cough you don't get off..

...I DO get higher if I hold it in longer, plain and simple.

stopping exhalation also helps. Like clossing yer mouth too early as the smoke is trying to get out.