So I just had a realization. It obviously has to do with the weed, but I think this is how it works. Joints - High, lit Bongs & water pipes - Stoned, baked Pieces & pipes - Not sure yet, can be both; depends a lot on the weed. Up until like, 5 minutes ago, I didn't really give that much thought to the highs of different smoking devices. Now that I do, it makes so much sense. I think it might have to do with the carbon you inhale with joints. You're poisoning yourself more, so your body is like "Let's expend a lot of energy really fast to get this shit out of the system". With clean smoke (through water or a vaporizer), the body is more like "Whoa. You're like, putting THC in me, man." Eh? Also, I have an unreasonable amount of shake accumulated; how much is a pack of rolling papers?
Interesting theory... maybe we should have a Smokeathon '06 to test it. On your Bongs, Get Lit, TOKE!
i believe the cause for this observation is the rate of administration of the cannabinoids. if there is a higher concentration of cannabinoids in smoke then there will be a higher concentration when the thc in blood first reaches the brain. if the concentration in the blood is greater, it will penetrate deeper into the brain much faster. this does not necessarily mean you are getting way more stoned, but it means that teh thc reaches deeper into the brain at a faster rate with bongs (though the overall amount of thc in your brain isnt neccessarily any higher per unit of smoke you smoke). with joints, its slow administration, so in a way it makes some of the surface parts of the brain much more stoned than the inner parts, giving the feeling that your inner drive is still sorta sober but your senses and flow of thoughts are HIGH but when you bomb the brain with thc it sorta saturates neurons (relatively) and thus is drawn deeper into the brain into the 'inner drive' and puts your ego into a soft comfy couch, often leading your body to do the same hope that makes sense to do with osmosis principles and stuff
It may not have that much to do with the device, but with your head when using. Joints are used in a different setting than a bong. Joints..more social..passing..friends and strangers...pass it and forget it... Pipes...friends..social..."whose lighter is this"..."I think its cashed.".. Bongs...Lets Get Ripped. Different heads, different stones.
Joints - baked, stoned Bongs & water pipes - pretty blazed Pieces & pipes - depends but usually baked Blunts- blunted chalice- meditative high VOLCANO VAPORIZER- B*E*S*T**H*I*G*H** E*V*E*R
haha, nice! i totally agree. i think i´ll be purchasing one soon - cant wait for that shit! and dont forget about gravity bongs. the musical equivalent would be someone slamming down on the keys of a piano where as a pipe might be someone just playing softly. i love how right after you take a gravity bong, you´ve got a window of about 2 minutes before it totally sinks in. right afterward, you can still walk, and function pretty well, but if you give it a little time, all of a sudden it´s "uh......whoa man.....fuck..." a one-way ticket straight to Stoned-ville! i do have to say, though, that the volcano delivers a similar punch, but is obviously way cleaner. for a lot of people, taking in that huge a hit of smoke is too much. but hey, no pain no gain yes. *straight-faced*
actually, everything should be thought about this much and more, in fact so much more that you wouldnt really be able to measure it without thinking about it more than it needs to be measured. thus, you could pretty much think about anything forever. but for practicalities sake, if youre not thinking about this sorta thing in all facets of your life, youre actually, physically and logically, missing out on a huge portion of what life is
i dunno about that. ive smoked plenty of joints while sitting around trying to get stoned and i only got bong-stoned after smoking massive joints. and bongs with strangers, and it doesnt for some reason make it lighter on the head but there is a point here that your behavior while stoned will be different. youre more likely to sit around when youre smoking a sesh than when there are people around to socialise with
So lets waste oxygen talking about the anatomy of every thing in life. I dont mean to sound like a smartass, forgive me, but all you gotta do is turn on the damn catholic channel where all it does is watch the nuns pray all day and thats a perfect example of waste of time
I kind of have to disagree with the op, because I have gotten extremely high off a regular spoon, and when I smoke joints, I'll get high, but I will never get really stoned. And with my bongs, sometimes it will only take like 5 or 6 bowls to get me stoned, and others it will take like 9 or 10. I don't think a topic like this can have set-in-stone comparisons like "joints - high, lit...etc", because there are soooo many variables that play into getting high. Like, my little brother will smoke out of my big glass bong, and get completely blitzed out, barely able to walk, but for me, it's just a nice, relaxed high. I get what you were playing at though, and it is fun to think about stuff like that.
