Quote Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue
I thought all carcinogens were eliminated while vaporizing...

Good info though, i've heard about stuides from norml but forget what they found out. At least it filters out some of the carcinogens, better then a pipe imo. I love bongs way too much to stop or use a different method. Even if there are carcinogens still left there, i've never heard of anyone getting cancer from cannabis.

Also, do you consume carcinogens if you eat it? I'm curious.
Hi,

Vapourizing is definately the best way to 'smoke' it. There have not been peer reviewed studies of this method of using it but logic states that since the vegetable matter is not burnt then there would be much less chance for carcinogens to enter the lungs. Personally I smoke spliffs, but do so knowing the danger I put myself in and not really caring, ... much. Since I don't drink alcohol and smoke, and since I eat pretty healthly I figure I can chance it. <-- Foolish, but there you go! :jointsmile:

Eating it is the safest way to consume it and has never been even suggested as an unsafe thing to do. The human body (all bodies actually) are the best and most efficient chemical processing plants ever made in the known universe. The body uses 100% of the THC when you eat weed because of the way its processed. First your chewing (spit) adds a enzyme which starts to break down the plant matter (but not the THC yet) then you swallow it and the gastric acid / enzymes and churning of your stomach makes it into a paste which then gets moved into the proximal intestines which then add more enzymes that break it down and bile which starts to digest the THC. Individual molecules of THC cross the intestinal barrier and enter the blood stream. From there they hit all tissues of the body but collect in the brain tissues and then act as all THC does and prevent the reuptake of neurotransmitter chemicals in the brain giving an excess of these chemicals and that nice stoned feeling we like.


I'll go on record here and say that carcinogens are most frequently found in matter after we burn it and it creates smoke. Eating stuff (unless its meat) generally doesn't add carcinogens to our systems. Meat does because animals tend to aggregate chemicals from the lower aspects of the food cycle and concentrate them in their flesh. Plant matter is a primary producer of food and so unless the soil or air is contaminated don't pull these bad chemicals into their systems and then we don't eat them. However, many things cause cancer. The thing that's doing us the most harm is the fact that we breath oxygen!! O2 does terrible things inside the tissues, creating free radicals that cause mutation in our DNA. But, fuck it, you're not gonna stop breathing are you!?!?

Well hope that helps you out.


Regards

Cannab1sman
Cannab1sman Reviewed by Cannab1sman on . Ice in bong. I know this has been discussed here before, but what does everyone think about putting ice in a bong....Some people were saying it is really bad for you....I do it all the time and I was just wondering what people's personal experiences were? I guess it can't be much worse than smoking in general?! Rating: 5