Holding the Hit?

[Snook]

Many years ago, I remember taking hits from the joint (I vape now but this pertains too) and holding the inhaled 'hit' with the promise, don't remember who's promise it was, of a higher, high, rather than Hit it (inhale) and then exhale with little 'hold it'. Kinda like smoking cigarette.

Does one get higher if the 'hit' is held for, lets say, 5 seconds or higher at 10 seconds... or should I hold my breath til I turn blue, for the highest high??
I think you do get higher.

 

[D. B. Doober]

For me, I hold my huge bong rips until it hurts so bad I have to exhale. Usually only 10 seconds or so. You have to find your own way. I inhale, then try to get the smoke to every part of my lungs with little inward gasps to inflate my lungs even more.
Don't hold your shit for a really long time you'll just get lightheaded from lack of O^2

 

[Jellyfish]

I operate on the theory that exhaling through the nose gets me higher, because of the blood vessels in there.

 

[Jhhnn]

In the old days, we'd hold a hit as long as possible, trying to extract maximum effect. On the exhale, there was very little visible smoke. Lots of hacking & coughing, however. Dunno that it made enough difference to matter. When smoking other people's weed, it was considered rude & wasteful to puff a joint the way one smokes a cigarette.

Today, it seems like most people hold it for some seconds although I've seen younger tokers hit like it was a cigarette. Scarcity is much reduced, so there's no need to hold it past one's personal comfort limit. Yeh, sure, hacking one's lungs out has a rush all its own, not one I find pleasant at all.

Coming back to cannabis after being away from it for many years, I've discovered that I really don't like commercial concentrates like wax, neither the taste or the way it feels in my lungs. Smells like burning leaves, which I don't like either. Mostly, I like ganja thru a bubbler, although something that smokes sweet & mild is good in blunts & joints, too.

 

[waveguide]

smoke with vietnam vets, you turn red not blue.

hold it in, pinch your nose and puff yourself up until you're beet red from head to foot.. and wait 2 whole minutes.. that's how to make your weed work for you. if you've lived on scarcity, you can appreciate this technique.. it's hard to stop "respecting the weed" enough to maximise it and use it to the fullest since it was a living thing..

yeah, i've seen kids they blow it out as soon as they inhale. i appreciate the "bless this space with my thc exhalation," but i smoke to get high. kids that don't have to deal with scarcity.

 

[Snook]

I operate on the theory that exhaling through the nose gets me higher, because of the blood vessels in there.

my sinuses are still in delicate shape still from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

I don't think I've ever exhaled weed smoke thru my nose. that is the first time I've heard anything like that. interesting though.

 

[Jellyfish]

Do it gently at first, until you get used to it. It's not for the weak.

 

[Snook]

jhhnn, try a stretch with a good vaporizer....

but back to the point. I've since (this morning) tried holding it for 6-10 seconds, not hard to do.. does seem to get more done with less. maybe the lack of O2 helps with 'air to fuel ratio'.

 

[Snook]

Do it gently at first, until you get used to it. It's not for the weak.

who said "Do it gently" ??? > Jfish. HAHA! and I am weak.

 

[Snook]

wait, wait, "HIT!" 1,2,3,44,5,6,7,8 exhale.. its creaper weed, I'll be back later to let you know...

 

[Jellyfish]

If you're feeling really cool, hold one nostril, and exhale out the other.

 

[Jhhnn]

smoke with vietnam vets, you turn red not blue.

hold it in, pinch your nose and puff yourself up until you're beet red from head to foot.. and wait 2 whole minutes.. that's how to make your weed work for you. if you've lived on scarcity, you can appreciate this technique.. it's hard to stop "respecting the weed" enough to maximise it and use it to the fullest since it was a living thing..

yeah, i've seen kids they blow it out as soon as they inhale. i appreciate the "bless this space with my thc exhalation," but i smoke to get high. kids that don't have to deal with scarcity.

Yeh, some of my contemporaries are still crazy after all these years. most who've survived usually less so. Many of us were volunteer crash test dummies of the counterculture.

my sinuses are still in delicate shape still from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

I don't think I've ever exhaled weed smoke thru my nose. that is the first time I've heard anything like that. interesting though.

Freebase & booze nearly killed me mid-80's. Went to too many funerals. I'm lucky to be alive.

Exhaling thru the nose gives a fuller flavor profile. Very nice with something piney.

 

[Photosynthesis]

There was a study posted on here years ago about how holding in a hit did not help you to absorb anymore cannabinoids then just breathing normally.

Have fun with that tid bit.

 

[LEF]

You hold it too long, you don't have enough oxygen to the brain.. explains why it gets you higher.

In the end you lose some brain cells, so you are in an altered stated all the time.

Just theorizing. Inhaling combusted material is not healthy to begin with I think.

Inhaling vapors long time dont think is bad.

 

[Snook]

There was a study posted on here years ago about how holding in a hit did not help you to absorb anymore cannabinoids then just breathing normally.

Have fun with that tid bit.

whos study? do you have a link?

I'm back to report, that when I left b4 I said I'd be back, so I am.

and.... I couldn't tell north from east on the map, got turned around in an area that is pretty familiar to me.. Looking for an address that was supposed to be a 'Street' and it turned out to be an 'Avenue'. GPS said there was no a Pine Street. Really!

 

[Catfish Billy]

7 seconds is the old school tried and true method

 

[Midwest sticky]

used to make a point of holding it in until it the joint/blunt made it back to me

 

[Croptober]

used to make a point of holding it in until it the joint/blunt made it back to me

Think they call that baseball, its a good way to get a joint to go around and get ripped at the same time. I always hold my BR in for a couple of seconds.

 

[hermdog]

Exhaling thru the nose gives a fuller flavor profile. Very nice with something piney.

For those that can roll their tongue in a tubular shape, I found it really gives you a sense of the flavor on exhale.

 

[LEF]