Combustion by-products

[Coelho]

So, I've read that there are several nasty by-products of the partial combustion of plant matter (marijuana included). These include benzene and toluene.

However, it doesn't seem right to me. If these products are what contribute to the 'lazy' feeling of the high, why is it that you don't feel a similar effect from tobacco?

Well... i only smoke (or rather vaporize) hash oil, which is the THC-containing resin of cannabis, and so when i smoke a joint the usual way (burning it) i do notice the differences in the effects... this byproducts of combustion surely makes the high "lazier"...

I think people dont notice it with tobacco because nicotine is a stimullant, so i think it compensates this effects.

Why don't kids who try to smoke leaves or dried grass get high? Don't tell me these chemicals simply enhance whatever effect is present.

They may not get high, but surely they get something... even if its only that lightheadedness caused by oxygen deprivation...

Furthermore, why don't you smell these substances? They have a very distinct, gas-like smell the last time I checked, so you'd think you'd be able to detect even a minute amount if inhaled. If you cannot detect these small portions by smell, then wouldn't they be much too minute to have an adverse effect?

The amounts of this substances generated by the combustion is small indeed... but i dont know if the smell would be noticeable, as the smoke itself has a way stronger smell that possibly covers everything elses smell... also, the smoke decreases ones smells sensitivity, so it would help to disguise this substances smell.
Yet i think that even in minute amounts this substances can be harmful in the long run.

They're also carcinogenic, so wouldn't a more established link between smoking marijuana and cancer be present?

I think so... but i also think that smoking anything can cause cancer in the long run... so the fact youre smoking weed wouldnt make the chances of having cancer greater than if you were smoking cigarretes, or grass, or legal buds, or whatever... thats why i only vaporize hash oil. :jointsmile: