Holding Spit?

[Dr.Chiefer]

Yeah we all know not to hold our hits,
but last summer when my passenger truck window was broken my friend would always open the door to spit when we smoked, i said fuck that stop spittin your spittin out all the THC bitch!
so does any THC get absorbed into your saliva/mouth or am i just a dumbass

f'in nutterbutters

Dr.Chiefer Reviewed by Dr.Chiefer on 02-17-2007. Holding Spit? Yeah we all know not to hold our hits, but last summer when my passenger truck window was broken my friend would always open the door to spit when we smoked, i said fuck that stop spittin your spittin out all the THC bitch! so does any THC get absorbed into your saliva/mouth or am i just a dumbass f'in nutterbutters Rating: 5

[higher4hockey]

dumbass...no
misinformed...yes

[JaggedEdge]

Yeah, your misinformed, but that is why this site is here. I have learned a lot from this site and you will too if you hang around.

[4gan2ja0]

nah man, you dont spit out any thc, if anything youre spitting out all the bad shit

[birdgirl73]

You absorb the THC and other cannabinoids in smoked cannabis through a transaction in the tiny air sacks of your lungs, which is the furthest point the smoke travels to in your respiratory system. All your pal could remotely be spitting out would be traces of resin or particulate matter on his tongue. It might contain microscopic amounts of THC if you analyzed it in a lab, but he's not really wasting anything good or lessening an opportunity for a better high by spitting.

[kindprincess]

hmm, i would think that there would be thc in the saliva (as they do have saliva drug tests) but i'd also think that the majority of the thc would be absoberd through the alvioli as the lungs process the "air" in your lungs.

but i realy wouldn't know... sorry

[peaceandlove420]

You absorb the THC and other cannabinoids in smoked cannabis through a transaction in the tiny air sacks of your lungs, which is the furthest point the smoke travels to in your respiratory system. All your pal could remotely be spitting out would be traces of resin or particulate matter on his tongue. It might contain microscopic amounts of THC if you analyzed it in a lab, but he's not really wasting anything good or lessening an opportunity for a better high by spitting.

I could be wrong but my theory contradicts this one so I thought I would add this in.

I believe it is actually the large ventricles in your lungs that marijuana goes through. This is the oposite of ciggarettes and why you (well theoreticaly) can't get emphysyma and other lung related illnesses from cannabis. The tobacco attacks the small ventricles(wrong word?) and makes it harder to breathe and cuases emphysyma and all sorts of bad stuff.:rastasmoke:

[orangeman]

No, that's not true. In fact when ever I exhale outside most of the time I spit regardless, well not spit like with force but just get all the saliva out of my mouth. It's just a habit lol.

[slipknotpsycho]

I could be wrong but my theory contradicts this one so I thought I would add this in.

I believe it is actually the large ventricles in your lungs that marijuana goes through. This is the oposite of ciggarettes and why you (well theoreticaly) can't get emphysyma and other lung related illnesses from cannabis. The tobacco attacks the small ventricles(wrong word?) and makes it harder to breathe and cuases emphysyma and all sorts of bad stuff.:rastasmoke:

... you do of course realize birdgirl has spent a good portion of her life involved in medical work... and is now going to school to become a dr...

[birdgirl73]

It's absorbed to a much lesser extent along the larger bronchial tubes, too, but the bulk of the blood-gas-THC/lipophilic exchange occurs in the alveoli. That's really the only area of the lungs that allows for the microscopic exchange of any chemical, whether it's cannabis/THC, cigarette smoke/nicotine, or environmental toxins like benzenes. In the development of aerosolized THC-containing meds, they've also found that the bulk of the best aborption occurs in the alveoli. (Google "alveolar absorption of THC" and you can see some of the abstracts about the development/transmission of those meds.)

You have to read pretty far down in this link, but you'll see the alveolar details in here:
Marijuana Research: The Effects of Marijuana Smoke