Quote Originally Posted by notomorrow
I know it's hell of a lot more safely than putting smoke in your lungs but is it 100% safe? or are there any hidden side effects to it?
That depends on what your definition of 100% safe is...whereas nothing is 100% safe. Walking across the street, isn't 100% safe. Driving a car, isn't 100% safe. Taking medicines, is not 100% safe. It's what one does to increase the safety, while performing a task. When walking across the street, you increase your safety by not crossing while there is moving traffic in your vacinity and looking both ways before you cross. While driving a vehicle, you increase safety by wearing a seatbelt, adhering to the posted driving laws and driving defensively. While taking meds, you increase the safety by taking only FDA approved medications, prescribed meds or over-the-counter medications. Everything is going to be (in a sense) dangerous, it's what we do to lessen those dangers. When it comes to cannabis, you can increase the health-safety by minizing the "damage", by using a vaporizer or ingesting it orally.

As far as hidden side-effects...yeah...laziness ...no but really: I think I mentioned this about the iolite somewhere around here too - the downside to those closed systems is that it could harbor bacteria, which could end up in your lungs, however cleaning with a bleach-based cleaner occasionally would do the trick. I'm also going to say however that it probably wouldn't be as much bacteria as would be on say... your cell phone...or even your bong (and people keep water in their bong - a breeding ground for bacteria - then smoke it).

Hope that helps - peace
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drunknb Reviewed by drunknb on . Vaporizers- negative respiratory effects This past spring, after getting bronchitis twice in 6 months, I was proud to post here that I had quit smoking and had purchased a vapor-bros vaporizer! Although I felt much better since (less coughing etc) I still managed to develop bronchitis this past October. I fought it for a few weeks and got well. Now the end of November, I have bronchitis again... I kinda want to know if anyone has ever heard of negative effects from a vape (hopefully birdgirl is around, she knows much about Rating: 5