I was about to make a bong with a water bottle, pen piece, and an aluminum cone i made out of a can. But than I remember my friend telling me that smoking off aluminum could get me Alzheimer's. Is this true?
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I was about to make a bong with a water bottle, pen piece, and an aluminum cone i made out of a can. But than I remember my friend telling me that smoking off aluminum could get me Alzheimer's. Is this true?
It's debated. The link is that people with Alzheimers have more aluminum (or iron, shit i dont know) in their blood.
I'd recommend against it, but if you use it a few times no harm should be done.
but dosent marijuana help fight alzheimers? maybe in the end it just evens out. lol
Does it really?! Sweet, another reason to smoke!Quote:
Originally Posted by smoke it
Aluminum tastes like shit anyways, so I would avoid it if at all possible.
just dont torch the foil too much
i thought this was tobacco, not marijauna.Quote:
Originally Posted by smoke it
Ah I always heard aluminum causes heart problems or holes in your heart to form like and you can form a mur mur from smoking it to much
No, you can't get a murmur from aluminum.
And although in this forum it is hotly debated whether or not aluminum gives your Alzheimers and Parkinsons, it's not true in trace amounts. The only reason medical professionals are claiming caution with aluminum is not specifically that it can cause these diseases, rather, people who have these diseases have more aluminum in their brains, which may even be a byproduct of the disease. So we don't know.
I think you'll be okay. Everything in moderation, and a few exposures to aluminum foil won't cause any detrimental effects.
a bit of foil once in a while won't do much (if at all) damage.
Before I got Jeffy the Roachmeister(my bowl who i love so much) I used foil, pen, duct tape, and a water bottle all the time. I never really tasted the foil, and I'm fine now.
The pen piece is the worst part about that, don't use plastic.
To make a pen-less stem and bowl, just take aluinum foil, make a hollow tube, and then flange it a bit at the top to make a bowl- if you make the hole small enough, you don't need a screen. I have never used screens in my bowls, bongs, pipes, ect, and I've never had any issue with weed falling through the holes, so it's personal discretion.