Hold those hits in!

[orangeman]

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.

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

[YouAintKnow]

Yeah its called a ghost hit.

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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.

[Divestoned]

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

Dive:stoned:

[MacWQ33]

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.

[orangeman]

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.

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.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

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

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.

[JaMakin07]

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!!!

[Rutherford The Brave]

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...

[LegalizeTheGreen]

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.