Mouth Smoking

[Guest]

I was browsing Erowid tonight, and came across an article in the cannabis section entitled Mouth Smoking.

I have never really smoked even tobacco in a pipe, so thought this was unique. I went outside to try it. It was kinda interesting. Kinda hard to pull off, but I eventually got the hang of it. I think I have a small buzz going on now. I probably mouth-smoked a 1/6 of a gram or so... I didn't hold it in my mouth for 30-60 seconds like they say, because I didn't have the technique down I suppose.

Neways, I just thought this was a cool way of using cannabis, because you can get the full effect of the herb, and you don't use your lungs. Its not quite as healthy as vaporizing, but you don't need a vaporizer and also you don't always get that heady high that vapes give you.

Neone ever try this? And if not, care to try and post about it?

Happy New Year


http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_info23.shtml

Mouth-Smoking Cannabis
by Earth Erowid
December 2001
Erowid Extracts #2

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Citation: Erowid, Earth. "Mouth-Smoking Cannabis." Erowid Extracts. Dec 2001; 2:22.

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One of the primary health issues with cannabis is the effect of smoke on the lungs. While the risks from long term cannabis smoking are not fully understood, it is assumed by most health professionals that inhaling smoke into the lungs over long periods of time carries increased risks of lung problems. For people with very sensitive lungs and those who are using cannabis as part of a treatment for serious disease, smoking cannabis can be difficult and hard on the body.

Acute effects can include wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing, and increased mucus production leading to more coughing.

Medium term effects can include decreased lung capacity for exercise, increased respiratory and throat infections, and chronic coughs. Many people (especially asthmatics) experience so much wheezing and chest discomfort that it's not worth the effects.

While some users turn to ingesting cannabis orally, eating cannabis has some downsides which make it unattractive as a replacement for smoking such as difficulty setting dosage, reduced "high", increased sedation, and dramatically increased duration.

One solution to these problems (Zam 1997, 2001) is to avoid using the lungs to extract the cannabinoids from the smoke. Using a technique called "mouth-smoking" or "puffing" commonly used for tobacco cigars, the smoker uses a pipe or joint (not a bong or vaporizer) and pulls smoke into the mouth, holding it there for 30-60 seconds, and then blows it out through the mouth or nose. The lungs are not used, but instead one sucks on the pipe as if drinking through a straw.

Mouth-smoking is not as efficient as lung-smoking and requires approximately 3 times the material for the same level of effect, but for some people efficiency is not an issue.

Many potent varieties of cannabis flowers available around the world in the 1990s and 2000s are so strong that a single lung hit is too much for many people. Using a less
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Mouth-smoking has amusing implications for President Clinton's comment: "I didn't inhale".

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efficient method can be a practical way to better titrate dosage. With high potency cannabis, a single mouth hit is enough for most people to feel effects. With low potency cannabis, several mouth hits may be required to reach threshold effects.

Pipes and joints reportedly work best for mouth-smoking. While bongs and vaporizers can make lung-smoking less problematic, even a good vaporizer can cause unpleasant lung problems in many people. Most water pipes and vaporizers don't work well for mouthsmoking because it's difficult to pull the required volume with the mouth alone, so many mouthfuls are needed to achieve effects.

Blowing out through the nose is one way to increase efficiency of mouth-smoking, but it can also irritate the sinuses and nasal mucosa. Cannabis users who are extremely sensitive report that blowing out the nose can trigger irritating allergic feelings and discomfort.

Many users are incredulous that cannabis can be smoked without ever pulling into the lungs. Cannabis users with high tolerance report that it can be hard to get their desired effects levels with mouth smoking, but higher potency materials (extract, oil, hash, kief, etc) can be used where necessary to achieve therapeutically useful levels. Some users also report difficulty remembering not to inhale the smoke. As the effects increase, vigilance wanes and lapses in technique are common. With practice, smokers report that they are able to avoid inhaling smoke and can achieve adequate effects without the need to involve their lungs.

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Last Modified - Sun, Jul 9, 2006 Document by Erowid

 

[YesICannabis]

hmm, mayb I did it wrong but Im not high at all and wasted a joint of some nice haze

 

[dude06version]

yea you would need like 2 more before you really felt it. its a waste imo.its why nub smokers dont get high at first.because they "mouth smoke". i see no point in doing this.

 

[Guest]

YesisCannabis, did you hold the smoke in your mouth for 30-60 seconds and blow out your nose? I think this would probably be required for it to work.

 

[Marcellas]

for anything to really happen the smoke would be stale and gross by the time the smoke would take any effects just sitting in your mouth.. plus it would taste nasty as hell and u wouldnt get half as high!!
... Indicad u have good inscentive, but I think you'd be better off just inhaling your hit, breath in some oxygen, hold it in for a second or 2, than exhale a little at a time. you get much higher and feel a better taste, high, and overall experience from ur buds trust me!! Just smoke less if you have too.. Happy New Year!!

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

If you're concerned about your health "mouth smoking" is not the way to go. Just like with cigar smokers this is going to increase your risk for gingivitis and yellow your teeth. Vaporizing the weed or eating it is a hell of a lot healthier.

 

[YesICannabis]

not to mention mouth cancer

 

[9Lives]

not to mention mouth cancer

I second that..

 

[Guest]

That's why you get air cured or bright leaf tobacco that is flue cures with pipes instead of directly heated.

You should also take anti-mutagenic herbs like turmeric and green tea daily which prevents the formation of tumors.

Smoking cannabis might do the same thing to you also just maybe not as fast. peace.

 

[THCV]

gross! how to get brown teeth in one session or less. and look like a newbie doing it!

 

[Haps]

wimpy sillyness

 

[James Morrison]

interesting read but pointless with the herb

 

[five0addict]

i did not inhale!
lmfao!!