do you -really- get higher if you hold it in?

[4 2 0]

yea i dont think so cause when i first started id do that and nowi just blow it out right after i inhale and im getting just as baked

[RamblerGambler]

This is interesting, a battle between science and personal experience. Has no one tried to melt their head into their body through extremely large bong rips held for the maximum amount of time possible?

I still stand by the idea that holding it in works. If the Catholic church can reject science, then damn it so can I.

[Caduceo]

you may have a point because are ions relevant to smoking cannabis? does thc absorb through ion's? I don't think so, but I don't know shit.:angelsmiley::chainsaw::toilet_claw::rambo::S 3::rambohead::s4::madnoel::S4::rastabanna::bluekni fe::cursing::thumbsup:

[Nailhead]

I don't know if it does or not, but out of habit I have always held it in for just a few seconds. When I first started I held it in much longer, but now I just hold it in for like 3 seconds or so. I should try not holding it in at all and see what happens.

Would be cool if we could get some scientific data on this issue (links )

[Reefer Rogue]

5 seconds

[ukmonkey]

I still stand by the idea that holding it in works. If the Catholic church can reject science, then damn it so can I.

ROTFL! that made me laugh, yeh from my experience I don't get anywhere near a full hit unless I hold in between 5 and 9 seconds.

Do a personal experiment, take one massive toke and exhale after 3 secs. Put out the spliff and see if you get anything off it. If not, wait an hour and try again holding for 10.

Seeing people smoke spliffs like fags makes me weep.

:hippy:

[Caduceo]

hahahhahaha... HAHAHAHHAHHA

"seeing people smoke spliffs like fags makes me weep."

I know what you mean, but the fact that it was unintentional is the funny part.

[sttomassmoker]

you know it's all a matter of preference. I love holding in a big cloud off my vaporizer. Pipe's I tend to hold the smoke in for a second. Bong rips I'm exhaling right away and joints I tend to savor and enjoy, with quick exhalations and long deep holding in.

[LIP]

A natural breath will do it, but any longer than 5 seconds and your wasting good smoking time. After 5 seconds theres nothing there to be absorbed.

[Perp]

you may have a point because are ions relevant to smoking cannabis? does thc absorb through ion's? I don't think so, but I don't know shit.:angelsmiley::chainsaw::toilet_claw::rambo::S 3::rambohead::s4::madnoel::S4::rastabanna::bluekni fe::cursing::thumbsup:

An ion is just a molecule that has lost or gained an electron. THC is a molecule so it transfers from the smoke to your bloodstream instantaneously when you take a hit. Like others have said, within a couple of seconds the THC is absorbed. When you hold your tokes longer, pollutants (tar) remain in contact with your lung tissue for longer than necessary.