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THC is not water soluble, but bong water quickly builds up particulate matter, in addition to whatever the water initially contains, as well as whatevers built up on the inside of the piece. THC magnets. Dont get me wrong, I still enjoy the bong.. just dont be fooled by placebo effect. The impact from a bong comes from the larger and immediate volume of smoke into the lungs.. usually followed by lots of coughing. The saying is pretty true: you dont get off until you cough. Not saying you wont get high, but I imagine that coughing after a huge hit sends a nice rush of THC-laden blood to the head where it surrounds the brain and eye balls and gives quite a nice stone.

Other than vaporization, joints are absolutely the most efficient way to smoke. Flame destroys an absurd amount of THC when it touches the weed.. about 50%, so using as little fire as possible means more THC in the body and less weed you have to smoke. In addition, the smaller cherry of a joint causes only about 5% to be destroyed by heat. Around another 5% is lost to non-inhaled smoke, and about 20-25% of the THC can be found in the roach, so smoke it all the way to the bottom kiddies! If you have virgin fingertips and lips, stuff the roach in a bowl or bong. Keep in mind that these percentages are based on expertely rolled joints so get you some papers and start practicing!

P.S... I forgot to agree with the last couple posts.. get a good recipe for cannabutter and make some cookies or something. Or better yet.. go to the recipes forum and make you some Green Dragon! Wondrous concoction!! And minimal wasted THC! But then you dont get the nice cross-effect from the CBD reacting with it and that leads to a more heady buzz that you might not recognize if you dont like vapes.