Holding a Hit - Make You Higher?

[matthiasj]

I was listening to a recent NORML podcast and they were saying that your lungs absorbe all the THC in smoke instantly and that holding a hit does nothing but hurt your lungs. Is this true? I tried only holding a hit for a second then exhale the last few times I've smoked and it seemed to give me a cleaner buzz, not any less or more of a buzz. I didn't cough, or choke while smoking either.

matthiasj Reviewed by matthiasj on 12-22-2007. Holding a Hit - Make You Higher? I was listening to a recent NORML podcast and they were saying that your lungs absorbe all the THC in smoke instantly and that holding a hit does nothing but hurt your lungs. Is this true? I tried only holding a hit for a second then exhale the last few times I've smoked and it seemed to give me a cleaner buzz, not any less or more of a buzz. I didn't cough, or choke while smoking either. Rating: 5

[LIP]

i'll try to find the article.. they studied this and proved that holding a hit in for a long time is the biggest factor as far as getting the most out of it. holding it in longer until you have to cough will always have the strongest effect.. i'll look for the article and post it if i find it.

Well the idiots who wrote that article havnt got a clue what they're talking about.

[KayaKanadian]

Ya I used to always hold my hits for 30 seconds until no smoke came out. It made it alot stronger high (and made me feel bad ass) but I found out the larger high you get from doing that is just because the lack of oxygen kills your brain cells. So now I just buy more dope....Problem Solved!

[prairieplantsystems]

Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

The problem with this website is that people claim to "know" about things. Are you a doctor specialized in lungs? if no and even if you are what the heck do you know? "Gives your longs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good?" seriously how can you say this with a straight face

[Frickr]

i only hold in hits for a few seconds, take a deep hit, and then inhale a little bit to get all the smoke down in my lugs, hold for a second, and then exhale. i get just as high doing that, then if i hold my breath for 30 seconds. just when i hold me breath longer, i get a headache

[matthiasj]

Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[birdgirl73]

Do even the least bit of reading about lung physiology and function, and you'll see that the gas exchange and/or absorption of anything you breathe in occurs instantly. It literally occurs with the initial expansion of those little alveoli, the tiny air sacs where the chemical exchange occurs. Holding a hit doesn't do anything to make you higher, just like holding a breath doesn't do anything to make you absorb more oxygen from the air you breathe. In fact, holding a breath or hit likely hinders further absorption because it postpones the exhalation of the carbon dioxide and, in the case of cannabis smoke, other smoky by-products, which completes the emptying of the lungs and gets them ready to take another breath/drag.

If anyone can find anything saying otherwise, it'll be written by someone who knows nothing about the physiology of inspiration/expiration and will be completely bogus. The chemical intake occurs immediately. Holding hits just gives your lungs longer contact with the bad stuff, not the good.

[RUTBpiping]

I always heard that if you hold it in longer it makes you higher but this sounds interesting. :thumbsup:

[nolanfortwenty]

iv also heard coughing makes you higher..fact or fiction..iv bin told this is true

[raghead]

I heard it takes 5 seconds for the thc to be full absorbed.