Myth or True, Holding Cannabis smoke in before exhaling?

[show7stopper]

I hate to say this, because your all gunner have ago at me, but your all wrong!

THC is the phycoactive compound in cannabis, and is absorbed almost instantly by the lung lining.

Holding it only covers your lungs with the tar, and if you dont hold it in you can almost completly exhale all of the carcenogens (sp?)

THe reason you feel more stoned is because it makes you cough, and as you cough the avioli dialate, which actually doesnt make you higher, just you get higher quiker.

SEriously, dont hold it in unless you want serious health re-procussions...

I think this has been on the home page as a daily factoid too...

I know i am right, no matter what any of you say, because a good friend of mine is lab tech and hes one of the people who have been studying cannabis for the government in England so they can decide where to place cannabis on the class list....

sometimes i smoke in my bathroom and i hold it in as long as i can but when i smoke outside i dont hold it in that long and i dont cough when i smoke inside, it does seem like i get higher because i smoke a lot smaller bowls inside to produce minimum amounts of smoke

in conclusion i dont know what to believe

show7stopper Reviewed by show7stopper on 04-08-2006. Myth or True, Holding Cannabis smoke in before exhaling? So i was into an argument with this fellow in my JavaScript class, and he says that holding cannabis smoke in before exhaling has no effect, and that really your just killing yourself by holding your breath. Hence preventing Oxygen from going to your brain. I suppose this could be true but i feel like an extra few seconds makes a difference. Even though THC is instantly absorbed as soon as you take the toke, hence the heat. I still think holding it in may get you that extra bit left? I have Rating: 5

[Rizzle]

I hate to say this, because your all gunner have ago at me, but your all wrong!

THC is the phycoactive compound in cannabis, and is absorbed almost instantly by the lung lining.

Holding it only covers your lungs with the tar, and if you dont hold it in you can almost completly exhale all of the carcenogens (sp?)

THe reason you feel more stoned is because it makes you cough, and as you cough the avioli dialate, which actually doesnt make you higher, just you get higher quiker.

SEriously, dont hold it in unless you want serious health re-procussions...

I think this has been on the home page as a daily factoid too...

I know i am right, no matter what any of you say, because a good friend of mine is lab tech and hes one of the people who have been studying cannabis for the government in England so they can decide where to place cannabis on the class list....

Well Ok then I guess you are Jesus Christ Himself ....lol:thumbsup:

[Rizzle]

and also dude, why cant you just say what you have to say Lip , No offense but your on the defensive before your even done with your post! "i know im right no matter what any of you say" WTF dude i dont post alot,: but i am in the chat quite a bit and read tons of these and i must say sometimes you come off like really obnoxious and you think you know everything, just a little crit.. not tryin to start a fight. I have nothing against you personally. Peace & Pot:stoned:

[da haze meister]

ok... i think the reason you get more high... is because CBN and CBD, which gives you a stoney couchlock feeling... are absorbed slower. that is just my hypothesis. cause if i hold it in for 5-8 i definitely get super high... but if i hold it in for like 30 secs i cannot fucking move... off of the same bud.

[makeupsex420]

i always hold it in

[MullManiac]

Takes about 3 seconds for 99.99% of the THC to absorb into your lungs so holding in for longer then that is just extra tar.

[Bob the Awesome]

Yea, the guy who explained it using math, and had the link to the graph, said essentially what I wanted to say. Holding it in does get you higher, but the benefits from holding it in more than 3 or 4 seconds are mostly negligible.

[Hollandica]

I think somebody on these forums said, or I read it in an essay some time, 95% of the THC is absorbed in the first 5 seconds.

Apart from that, no less than 80% of the THC in a joint will get lost no matter how good you smoke it.

I cant guarantee credibility of these numbers :P

[Frivolous248]

I really doubt all THC is absorbed instantly, that would make hotboxing completely worthless.

[makeupsex420]

exactly