to hold it in or not...thats the question

[BobBong]

didnt find anything yet might be wrong.

you're not.. it' 3-5 seconds.. 7 tops. after that you're just holding in the tar and carcinogens

[slipknotpsycho]

i just hit it, wait a second or two, and exhale... i don't know where the 17 second rule came from, but i get just as high from 2 or 17 seconds.

[NightProwler]

well i really have found from my own expirments that holding 3 big hits in for 15 seconds each is alotttttt more powerfuill than 3 big hits only held in for 5 seconds each

[someuser]

well i really have found from my own expirments that holding 3 big hits in for 15 seconds each is alotttttt more powerfuill than 3 big hits only held in for 5 seconds each

Yeah, I like to know where some of these guys are getting these 'scientific' theories that 3 - 7 secs is the optimal time. I mean, it is like people just make these claims like it is written in stone but I would like to see some citations here.


I hold my hits in for 10 - 20 secs... I get a shit load higher this way then when I just held it in for 2 - 5 secs (like I read on here).

[BobBong]

"Taking deep tokes and holding in smoke for a long time is very harmful to the lungs. THC is actually absorbed quickly by the lungs, and the longer you hold it in the more tar will be absorbed. Although this behaviour - to get the biggest bang for your buck - is the product of the illegal and overpriced status of cannabis, it is the main reason that smoking one joint of cannabis is thought to be more harmful than one tobacco cigarette."

http://www.norml.org.nz/page26.html

5-7 isn't what i would call a "long time" .. 10 seconds? 15? yea.. that's getting a bit excessive.

[Dankmike]

If its a bong i take a monster hit and hold it in untill i cough and then the smoke escapes that way.

but a joint i take a hit do a ghost inhale for like 5 secs then exhale.

[someuser]

"Taking deep tokes and holding in smoke for a long time is very harmful to the lungs. THC is actually absorbed quickly by the lungs, and the longer you hold it in the more tar will be absorbed. Although this behaviour - to get the biggest bang for your buck - is the product of the illegal and overpriced status of cannabis, it is the main reason that smoking one joint of cannabis is thought to be more harmful than one tobacco cigarette."

http://www.norml.org.nz/page26.html

5-7 isn't what i would call a "long time" .. 10 seconds? 15? yea.. that's getting a bit excessive.

Bobbong,

I appreciate the link bro. I want those interested to know that I'm not looking to prove or disprove 'any' theory one way or another... I just want the 'truth'

While the link you gave me was very interesting, I would like to see some citations of studies (maybe pubmed?) where scientific tests were done and measurements given.

I'm sure holding anything in your lungs for a long time is bad for you but do you really get the majority of your high from the first 3 - 7 secs? I would just like to see specifically the study, citation, or even an abstract of the study that shows that HUMAN lungs absorb 95% or more of THC within 3 - 7 secs.

[memoryburner]

To me, anything above 5 seconds is a waste of time. My friend tried to b/s me. This is an exact quote. I am not making this up, he said this to me on the way back. "You should hold it in. If you don't, you barely get anything. One time I was smoking with my brothers..and I took one hit and held it in for like 2 minutes...and I was higher than everyone else...offa one hit."

That is exactly what he said. I don't know who he's trying to kid. But that was a house of lies, held together with b/s

[BobBong]

well i'm not going to go hunt around for scientific studies on it although i'm sure they're out there.
but.. like memory says.. and norml warns.. holding the smoke in for to long can cause more damage to your lungs than really needed.

[Financial Panther]

Well when i first started I just tried holding the stuff in as long as I could. L ike 30 seconds or more. So long that when i exhaled no smoke would come out.

Then later when i burped or something it would all come out.


I think they call is ghosting a hit.