How to Smoke Pot (i.e. Learning to Toke)
Recently, I've noticed that a lot of visitors come to this blog from Google with search terms like "how to smoke pot" or "learn to smoke weed" -- so I figured that I'd write a quick primer on the subject.
First, know that you don't have to smoke cannabis in order for it to be effective. There are a number of alternate ingestion methods that do not require the inhalation of smoke. I've gone over these alternative ways to use pot in another post, but if you're short on time, here's a quick recap:
- Use a vaporizer
- Grind it, put it in food, and eat it.
- Make tea.
- Make green dragon.
- Make cannabutter
But what about if you just want to learn how to smoke weed? In that case, here's what you need to know:
A Note on How to Hit
No, I don't mean how to punch someone. Instead, I'd like to take a moment to go over how to take a hit.
First, forget every scene of pot smoking that you've ever seen in the movies. That's not how it's done. Good. Now, when smoking, remember to inhale the smoke into your lungs. It's common for first-time smokers to breathe the smoke into their mouth and hold it -- but doing this won't get you high. All you get is a funky taste and a mouthful of smoke. You don't want that.
If this is your first time smoking, you may find it hard to breathe smoke into your lungs. That's to be expected -- it's a rather unnatural procedure, so it takes a while to get used to it. A technique I've found to work for most first-time smokers is this: fill your mouth with smoke (i.e. take a hit from the pipe/bong/joint etc. and hold the smoke into your mouth), then open your mouth, and immediately breathe in a lungful of air through it [your mouth.] This breath of air will help push the smoke down into your lungs, while ensuring that you don't breathe too much smoke at once. Be sure to hold the smoke in your lungs for as long as you can (shoot for around 5 seconds minimum.) Then exhale.
Once you get the hang of it, you may wish to inhale directly in to your lungs -- but you don't have to. I still use the mouth->lung method, especially as it helps to cool the smoke (since the air you intake will mix with the smoke before entering your lungs.)
If you're a cigarette smoker, you probably didn't need to read most of that, as you likely already know how to breathe smoke into your lungs. For you, I have just one note: pot's not tobacco -- you can't just breathe in a puff, and immediately exhale. That won't work. You've got to try to keep the smoke in your lungs for at least a couple seconds to allow the THC to be absorbed.
Good -- now on to the actual smoking...
Smoking Methods
Cannabis is typically smoked using one of several popular methods:
- Joints
- Pipes ("Bowls")
- Bongs
- Blunts
- Spliffs
I'll go over each one of those terms in detail:
Joints
The dictionary defines joint to mean "a marijuana cigarette." 
While technically true, this doesn't give the reader a very good idea of what a joint is, much less how to use one. A joint is comprised of marijuana (usually dried), wrapped in a rolling paper (or "skin"), and rolled into a cylindrical shape, much like a cigarette. If the description doesn't help you, take a look at the photo to the right (click for a larger version).
Smoking a joint is fairly straight-forward -- you light the end, put it to your lips, and breathe in, just as though you were smoking a cigarette.
Pipes (Bowls)
Another common way to smoke weed is using a pipe or a "bowl". While it's possible to smoke pot out of a pipe like that used for tobacco, cannabis is typically smoked out of a glass piece, designed specifically for that purpose. Tobacco pipes typically have a bowl into which one puts the tobacco, a small chamber, and a stem, through which one draws the smoke. Marijuana pipes are of a similar configuration, with one key exception: they have a carburetor (or "carb" in stoner terminology.) 
This is a small hole on the side of the bowl, designed to let air into the chamber of the pipe. It is most commonly used to draw air through the pipe at the end of a hit (otherwise known as "clearing" the pipe). Some smokers may choose to use it to allow air into the chamber during a hit, thus cooling the smoke. This technique is often employed when smoking out of a pipe with a short stem, as such a pipe will typically produce very hot smoke.
Using a bowl is slightly harder than using a joint -- but it's still pretty simple:
- Tear up some buds, and place them in the bowl of the pipe. Don't pack them in too tightly, or it will be hard to light the bowl.
- Hold the pipe in one hand, such that you can place a finger over the carb. Keep your finger on the carb to start.
- Using your other hand, ignite your lighter, and hold the flame over the marijuana.
- Draw in through the stem. The flame will be pulled onto the buds, catching them on fire. Once they are burning, you don't need to keep the flame on them. Continue to draw in smoke as long as you can. You may wish to open the carb to allow air to mix with the smoke as necessary.
- Once your lungs are, say, 85% full, open the carb, and draw in. This will clear the remaining smoke from the pipe.
- Enjoy being stoned.
Bongs
A bong is a form of water pipe, and while it certainly one of the more complex ways to use cannabis, it is also one of the more effective ones. Bongs use differences in air pressure to pull the smoke through water, thus cooling and (to a limited extent) filtering it. Using a bong is definitely more difficult than using a bowl, but even novice tokers should get the hang of it fairly quickly:
- Fill the chamber with water. The exact procedure for this varies from piece to piece, but it's generally as simple as pouring the water down the mouthpiece until the chamber is 75% full (i.e. full, but not so full that water comes spurting out of the bowl.)
- Tear up some buds and place them in the bowl. You can pack a bong's bowl a bit tighter than a pipe's bowl, as the cooling effect of the bong allows you to keep the flame on your weed for a longer period of time (which will in turn allow a denser bowl to be lit.)
- Cover the carb.
- Place your mouth over the mouthpiece/stem and draw in. At the same time, light (or get a friend to light) the weed. As you draw in, you will decrease the air pressure in the chamber, thus pulling smoke from the bowl through the water and into the chamber. If you're doing it right, you'll hear a bubbling sound as the smoke is drawn through the water and fills the chamber. Once the bowl is lit, you can take the flame off of it.
- Once the chamber is filled (and your lungs are almost filled), take your finger off of the carb and continue to draw in. The fresh air from the carb will "clear" the chamber of smoke. This is referred to as "clearing" the bong, "cleaning your plate", or simply "finishing your hit/toke." If you timed it right, your lungs will be filled around the same time that the chamber is cleared of smoke.
- Hold in the smoke as long as you can, exhale, and chill. You're gonna be baked. (Bongs tend to have a "gravitational" stoning ability on most people.)
Most bongs are quite a bit more complex and ornate than the one pictured in the diagram, but their operation is pretty much the same. Some users may choose to add ice to the water in the chamber, so as to cool the smoke further. Other bongs may feature multiple chambers for additional cooling/filtration or multiple mouthpieces (some uses hoses) for group smoking. Nevertheless, even a simple, homemade bong will do just fine if all you want to do is smoke.
Blunts
Blunts are made from a cigar wrapper, marijuana, and (optionally) tobacco. Making a blunt is fairly simple: all you'll need is a cigar (I'd recommend ring gauge of 38 or bigger) and some weed. If you want to use tobacco, use rolling tobacco (not cigar tobacco, unless you want to cough out a lung.) Once you've got the materials together, follow these steps:
- Cut the cigar wrapper lengthwise (from tip to tip).
- Gently open the wrapper and remove the filler tobacco. You should be left with just the cigar wrapper.
- Grind your cannabis up. Don't leave any large nugs intact. Remove any sticks, stems, and seeds.
- (Optional) Mix your ground cannabis in with rolling tobacco.
- Place your ground up cannabis mixture into the cigar wrapper. Evenly distribute it along the length of the wrapper, leaving a small margin empty at each end. Be conservative with the amount of cannabis you put in -- if you use too much, you won't be able to re-wrap the blunt.
- Re-roll the cigar wrapper. Make sure that you roll it tightly enough that the two sides of the split paper overlap somewhat. The more overlap you have, the better your blunt will stay together.
- Gently lick along one side of the slit in the wrapper. Once the paper is slightly moist (use care: it shouldn't be soaked), roll up the blunt such that the damp side is overlapped by the dry side. Lick the bottom side of the other side of the seam before placing the two together.
- Lick the newly-created seam. Make sure to get it damp enough that the two sides of the seam stick together well.
- Once you've got the blunt rolled up and the seam sticking (remember: when in doubt, lick and press the seam), take out a lighter. Being careful not to accidentally set the blunt on fire, run the flame back and forth under the damp seam of the blunt. This will dry out the seam, causing the overlapping bits of the wrapper to bind together. This drying process is called "roasting" the blunt.
- Once the blunt is dry, light up. Enjoy!
Naturally this method takes a lot of practice (and I do mean a lot -- most good blunt rollers have spent years perfecting their technique.) If you're after a similar smoke with none of the effort, I'd advise you to take a look at Cyclone brand pre-rolled blunt cones. They're much, much simpler to use. As an added benefit, they come in different flavors for a more exotic smoke.
Spliffs
If you're in the United Kingdom (or some other parts of Europe), you will no doubt run across the ubiquitous spliff. The simplest definition of a spliff is a cross between a joint and a cigarette. There are some subtleties, but for the most part that's all it is.
Making a spliff is simple:
- Find an extra long skin (preferrably 1.5 width or double width).
- Mix together some marijuana and some shag rolling tobacco. Make sure that all buds are broken up well and that the tobacco and marijuana are evenly mixed.
- Place the mixture in the skin/paper and roll it up.
- For bonus points, roll a small piece of cardboard (about as wide as your thumb, and as long as your thumb's fingernail) into a tube, and place it in one end of the spliff (i.e. roach it.)
- Light the spliff, and smoke away.
Basically, if you can roll a joint, you can roll a spliff.
American smokers take note: while in the US the term 'spliff' is almost always used to refer to a joint, this is not necessarily the case in other countries.
So that's pretty much it. A step-by-step guide on how to smoke pot. Hopefully this answers all your questions. If not, feel free to e-mail me your questions.
Oh, and remember: nobody has ever died from smoking too much marijuana.
In the pipeline: How to Buy Marijuana.
Love,
Julius
If you liked that post, then try these...
Why? What? Who? on March 17th, 2007
Which end of a joint does one draw (breathe in) through? on December 22nd, 2008
What is a "waterfall"? / How to Make a Waterfall Bong on December 17th, 2007
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July 20th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Great! Glad someone finally did it :D
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 am
FYI:
You do not need to hold the smoke in your lungs when you're taking a hit. 95% of the THC gets absorbed as soon as it hits your lungs.
Holding your hit to get higher is just some hippie myth and a good way to screw up your lungs. ;)
carburetors or choke holes on the side of pipes or bongs are not used to ''cool down'' smoke or to mix it with air... The sole purpose of a carb is to rapidly clear the pipe or bongs chamber so you take your hit quicker. If you want a cooled down smoke, get yourself an ice bong.
Anyways keep toking brotha!
July 25th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
"95% of the THC gets absorbed as soon as it hits your lungs.
Holding your hit to get higher is just some hippie myth and a good way to screw up your lungs. ;)"
That is incorrect. While it is true that THC is absorbed fairly rapidly via the lungs, you pretty much pulled the 95% figure out of thin air. I don't doubt that the majority of the THC in a given draw is absorbed within a couple seconds, but lacking any actual evidence that what you said is correct, I will have to fall back on (a fairly substantial body of) empirical evidence: all of which suggests that holding in a hit for several seconds is far more effective than inhaling and exhaling in rapid succession.
You are, however, correct in that holding in smoke for long periods of time presents an increased risk of complications.
As for the purpose of the carb: on a bong, you're completely right -- it is solely used to "clear" at the end of a hit. Some users, however, may choose to use the carburetor on a pipe to cool the smoke, especially when using pipes with short stems. It may not be the "official" use of the carb, but it is a use that I've seen many smokers (new and experienced) use. I mentioned it in this post, as it is common for new smokers to smoke from pipes with short draws due to the heat, thus this technique can be used to make smoking more manageable for them. In light of your comment, I've altered the wording to clarify the purpose of the carb re: cooling the smoke vs. clearing the pipe.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hold In longer, the more thc youll get!
yay!
August 14th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I hope someone on here watches Weeds. There was an episode where the son digging a MILF, but the scene I want to talk about he lights up a silver looking pipe, the she takes a hit. What kind of pipe is that? Should you also put a one hitter on here? Thats the only way I have smoked besides a joint. Thanks
August 18th, 2008 at 3:05 am
How to make this tea?
Can be made from stem and kieff?
August 30th, 2008 at 5:46 am
This is great. Reading this thread is exactly like sitting stoned around a table with a pot of tea and somebody's mom's cookies. I particularly love the spirited little academic debate about the exact function of a carburetor: cooling or clearing; tastes great or more filling?
You know if you think about it, and with all respect, how on Earth can anyone even suggest authority on such a thing anyway? As though you personally know some geeky engineer who sat down one day to invent the First Glass Weed Pipe With Carburetor Hole, and you personally observed him etching a note in little architecty letters, beside an arrow pointing to the carb, saying "Hole for clearing. Any incidental cooling of the smoke is solely a matter of coincidence, and not within the intended scope of this design. That is all." In red pen.
That cracks me up. Hang on. Time for another quick T.
And we're back. Nice night out there. Little cool though.
Anyway I held my breath about 10 seconds, if anyone's keeping score.
Blessings and gratitude to you all..
BK
September 10th, 2008 at 2:51 am
Well as with most things related to weed, there's an "official" purpose (i.e. the intended one), and then there are the various real-world uses.
I do like the idea of a supreme paraphernalia engineer though...
September 11th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
sorta new at the smoking a joint thing, what end do you light up? the twisted end, or the open one?
September 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
You light the twisted end, and inhale through the open end. You can do it the other way, but only if you don't like inhaling marijuana smoke... :D
September 16th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
hey is it normal to cough when u inhale?
September 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I get high Every Day Nd every DAmee Second DaT i CaN
September 19th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Billy:
Most first time smokers will cough when inhaling smoke -- it's the body's natural reaction when inhaling anything that isn't clean air. Experienced smokers can suppress this reflex (for better or worse...)
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 am
ok so i have a quick question. my friend (he was a pretty big pot head) told me had a really bad high and he thought that the shit he smoked was laced with acid. i know its possible, but how common is it? its not like i live in a big city, but i do live in washington, somewhere near seattle. i live in a fairly small town, so like i asked earlier, how common is it to get bud laced with bad shit? another quick question, i am gonna buy a dub of snowcap for my friends and i for halloween and i have heard from some people that its ALWAYS laced with cocaine and from others that snowcap is just COMMONLY laced. if anyone could clear that up i would really appreciate it. also, how much should i be paying for a dub of snowcap, my guy wants $25 and that seems very decent. how can i avoid getting laced pot besides knowing the dealer very closely and growing my own?
September 30th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
this is nice u explained evrything really good even tho I'm alredy an expert pot smoker n I knew evrything but I still like the way evrything is explained
October 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
i smoke every weekend and ive come to see that most kids dnt smoke right and they try to act hi because they dont do it right buh ive smoked for almost 5 years so i noe wht im doing andi noe how to roll and make most of the tools to smoke buh ppl need to learn how to smoke buh my favorte way of smoking is the waterfall bong
October 25th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
@heavymetalheaven
I just noticed your post -- but I wouldn't worry about your weed being laced with LSD.
LSD is a *very* fragile molecule -- if it were added to your weed (unlikely, due to its cost), then it would be destroyed as soon as the bud began to heat up.
It is possible for your cannabis to have been laced with other stuff -- there are whole bunch of nasty things that get added to weed (especially in the UK); cocaine, sand, glass, fiberglass, sugar, and diesel fuel are all known additives.
The sad thing is, spiked/laced pot wouldn't be a problem if it were legalized -- cannabis would become safer overnight, and the market for spiked weed would completely disappear...
October 28th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Hey, I was just looking in random shit about weed on google and i came acrost this site, I think it was a really good idia, cuz ive been smokeing weed a really long time now and most of my friends are just starting, and ive been trying to tell them all the shit thats posted on this site but they dont seam to bleave me for some reason or another, and then i just showed them this and now they actuly do it right and im not wasteing my weed on people who dont even know how to smoke it right haha, but i just wanted to say, that you should also put how to make stuff to smoke weed out of made with stuff found in the house, like lungs and home made pipes, i dont really make lungs that offten but i have used them more then a few times, but makeing a home made pipe is really easy, all you have to do is get a watter bottle, burn a hole in it for the boul, put tinfoil in the hole, tape the tinfoil to the bottle, poke holes in the tinfoil with a neadle or ear ring or something of the sorts, and then if your really in the mood burn another smaller hole in the side of the bottle for a choke, it gets you more high then joints or anythig like that, and its really simple to make, but you should try and put more ways to smoke weed on here, like yetties and shit, ive never done yetties cuease mainly i dont know how to make the bong type deal, so if you know how to do that can you PLEASE post it?? thanks !!
avid weed smoker,
JustBlazeBaby420
October 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
i just have to say one thing about pot and why its not ligle, its not ligle cuase the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off of it after awile of liqalizeing it, cuease if someone sells you some bud that happens to have a seed in it you can grow your own, and then everyone would be growing there own and the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off it, so i think we should all move to amsterdam :)
November 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
what happens when yuh eat weed ?
and i heard that theres like weed brownies and cookies , true ???
and if, how do yuh make it ?
November 8th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
ok so if you dont know how to smoke bud then u shouldnt be smoking.its very easy,if i had to say my favorit way to smoke would be joint if its for u and only you but if other people are around ide stick with the bong
November 14th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I haven't invested in a glass bong, So I just use a soda can, Very easy to make, Indent the top end, poke holes in the dent to act as a filter, Cut a carburetor Under the bottom, near the edge, Place in your bud, Light up and enjoy. There's Detailed guides if you need em on Google, But It would be pretty chill if you posted a guide on here.
Homemade solutions are always needed, As many things can happen to your pipe, Or first time smokers who don't have a pipe.
Now If you'll excuse me, I got about 4 grams for 20$ today from a mate, And intend to enjoy it fully.
Keep on toking friends.
November 15th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I smoke almost everyday and I agree that hella people act high but don't even know how to smoke right. Make sure to inhale right, sucking in air right after the smoke is a really good way to make sure you got a good hit. Don't worry about coughing, at least you won't be faking a high.
November 19th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I smoke weed all the time. Seriously, it really doesn't matter how people do it, the point is that you are gonna get high no matter what. I am gonna say that I smoke weed out of a pipe, I just prefer it that way. I can roll joints but I'm not really that great at rolling them. Even though I'm 24, I do my training in a Practice Firm and have a part time job. I sing and have a large vocal range. Even though, I'm good at what I do, I can still enjoy my weed
December 19th, 2008 at 5:38 am
what about leagal weed my friend
December 26th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Mary Jane 4 lyfe yea I hate brick weed cus all that shit u gotta take out but hella least its weed even though i love weed 2 death I aint paying more money for the one that all clean u no the buds
# JustBlazeBaby420 Says:
October 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
i just have to say one thing about pot and why its not ligle, its not ligle cuase the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off of it after awile of liqalizeing it, cuease if someone sells you some bud that happens to have a seed in it you can grow your own, and then everyone would be growing there own and the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off it, so i think we should all move to amsterdam :)
Amsterdam all the waay!~
January 7th, 2009 at 8:06 am
listen boys an girls the people who have posted comments on this website that say they smoke weed an that all the time are lyin coz im a major pothead an some of the things iv heard are outrageous!! the best way to start smokin weed is bongs, they are the quickest and best way for gettin stoned an more importantly you save more weed by using this method if your an unexperienced smoker than it isn't the most pleasant way of smoking weed but you will soon get used to it.try and make sure the weed you get isnt too damp this can cause problems especially wen smoking joints as it it will cause the joint to "toe nail" which means it will start to upset the joint and cause an unpleasant smoke. dont let on to the dealer that you are a new smoker because you will get ripped off,if you have weighing scales otherwise known as "bails" then try and make sure that if your buying an eigth that it weighs at least 3 grams. if you cant roll a joint or "skin up" then always practice with tobacco an you'll soon get the hang of it. im blitzd at the mo so prob aint makin much sense but at the end of the day jus smoke the shit an if ya dont enjoy inhalin it then the green jus aint for you, but for those who do then happy smokin, god bless white widow goodnite
January 8th, 2009 at 1:28 am
1. very good post, as everyone else i enjoyed reading it, and the comments on it as well...so thanks...
2. holding it in longer will absorb it and coughing is normal even for experienced smokers, and if your an "experienced" smoker, and say you don't cough than you need better weed.
3. pot tea is easy to make, you boil the stems in a cheese clothe paper, and drink the water after its cool enough,
4. pot brownies are easily made by soaking the pot in oil and draining it through a cheese clothe and use the oil as you normally would and after if you still want you can grind the pot into small pieces and include it into the batter.
4. the only question and wording i didn't like is on the water bong carb part. the carb itself is the slide, the part where you put the weed, to clear the chamber you remove the slide and inhale same way you did with the slide in place, also when packing the slide remove it from the bong and pack it upright to prevent pot from falling into your water, also i found out the best way to pack a bong or bowl for that matter is to remove seeds and stems of course place larger nugs on the bottom and use either ground up nugs or pieces or shake on top thus the shake or other will create an ash layer on top that will help keep the bong/bowl lit.
5. pot can be laced with anything include crack coke opium acid peyote anything, i do only suggest using pot with small amounts of opium in it, it will get you amazingly stoned but it runs less of a risk of you becoming addicted to the laced stuff in it, i mean who wants to be addicted to crack or coke...
January 8th, 2009 at 1:35 am
i also forgot something
on myths
1. eating brings you down from your high
2. smoking menthol cigarettes will help with your high as the menthol releases the THC that stays on the back of your through...
3. coughing helps gets you high quicker the same way menthol does
note: a section on smoking party fouls would be nice. for any of the readers who smoked in groups of people know that things like blowing the weed out of a bowl or piece or dropping a jay are party fouls...are there others? and i guess everyone has there own solution to what you make the person who caused the party foul to do for redemption of a party foul...but what do the rest of you do in case of a party foul?
January 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am
hey great read here. jw tho im new to this and curious about how much weed i should put in a joint? also whats about a good price that i should pay for weed? and what makes some wees betta than others? cheers all
January 11th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
yah i smoke alot of weed. and im saying the best way to smoke it is thru a bucket, bong, joint, or pipe.... :) peace
January 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
This has to be the lamest weed site in existance.
Hell... half of these posts seem to be made by 13 year olds who haven't even learned how to spell correctly. Please take down this site immediatly,or else marijuana will stay illegal.
January 21st, 2009 at 3:55 am
Sorry that you feel that way, "TokenChoke75".
I find it interesting that you both assume that every nation mirrors the United States drug policy, and that you have even the slightest chance of getting this site to self-censor.
As for the comments: well... it's an open form. Anyone can submit comments, and with the exception of those that are spam (automated or otherwise), nothing is censored or removed. I'm sorry that you think that unmoderated feedback makes a site lame. Perhaps you would be happier visiting a site that does not embrace the free exchange of information.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
LoL.. I'm sorry I didn't mean to come off as attacking your site. It's just I'm hardcore for legalization. And having a marijuana blog with a bunch of clueless preteens. What?!? you need an example?
JustBlazeBaby420 says :i just have to say one thing about pot and why its not ligle, its not ligle cuase the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off of it after awile of liqalizeing it, cuease if someone sells you some bud that happens to have a seed in it you can grow your own, and then everyone would be growing there own and the goverment wouldent be able to make any money off it, so i think we should all move to amsterdam.
And no I don't feel you should censor, but having people post that are too lazy/dumb to even proofread and spell correctly don't help our cause ,and make potheads look like lazy/stupid people. /rant off
January 21st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
P.S. I can't believe you actually sent me an email responding to my comment. If you want I can give you my street address and you can knock on my door and we can handle it. Don't get it fucked up,not all potheads are pacifists. 5 alive 6 must die.
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
SM0KkE SUM.!!!
January 24th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I agree with you tokenchoke, alotta people make the real potheads like us look stupid and they think if they smoke pot that there cool, smoking pot is more like living a certain life, ive been smoking for a pretty long time now, and ive gotta say that theres to many young kids out there defaceing are name and trying to look cool, im not trashing this site or nothin, but im saying its just a whole bunch of lil noobies who dont wanna do anything there selfs, like seriously, "how much weed do i put in a joint" wtf a nick or dime if ur good enought geez, peoples come on, experiment for yourselfes thats how you learn, oh well im outta here stay high!
Bluntman
January 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
The whole "how to smoke weed" topic in this thread just doesn't sit well with me. There's no type of age verification on this site which tells me there's a ton of kids "learning" how to smoke weed on this site.
For example:
If this is your first time smoking, you may find it hard to breathe smoke into your lungs. That's to be expected -- it's a rather unnatural procedure, so it takes a while to get used to it. A technique I've found to work for most first-time smokers is this: fill your mouth with smoke (i.e. take a hit from the pipe/bong/joint etc. and hold the smoke into your mouth), then open your mouth, and immediately breathe in a lungful of air through it [your mouth.] This breath of air will help push the smoke down into your lungs, while ensuring that you don't breathe too much smoke at once.
That is just totally retarded IMO... you're basically teaching children how to smoke,and as a parent I'de like to smack you upside the head for being stupid. I understand that your intentions might have been good. But you did not think about being responsable what-so-ever.
Peace.. Love.. Recycle
January 28th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
i suck at smoking weed. i always do it but i never get high cause i cant do the whole inhaling and keeping it in my lungs shit . this kinda helped though so im hoping tomorrow ill be able to get high for once . thanks alot .
February 1st, 2009 at 7:33 am
i needed this info tons. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SITE. now my lungs don't hurt as much anymore. i was always "toking" it wrong. so glad i found this, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! XD
February 6th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
YO i have a few questions about weed!! i really need you to reply to this comment - e~mail me - cause i have no one else to ask and saw this site was like the only one up to date and you are pretty smart. please!
February 11th, 2009 at 7:39 am
while bongs are a great way to get high, a gb is the most effective, and less weed consuming way to toke. And its cheap.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I will be 15 in like, 30 days or somethin,, i smoke cigars. I tried to get high a few times with my brother, but i guess i don't inhale enough, though i do the same as evryone else... I was talkin to a guy at school, and he said i can chill with him at the end of the week to get high.... Cause he owes me shit... It was originally cigars, but i said weed would do. ;D this is gonna be chill, the hot guy thinks it's cool that i smoke......... though he's just my brothers friend... My family doesn't know about this though. I make sure they stay the fuck outta my business... SOMETHIN TO READ. I wanna try a bong... i haven't done that yet. But my brother ruined my last fish pump as a bong.. BYEBYES!!! xoxo (8)smokin song(8)
March 7th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Tingaling... holy crap. you're 15?? GTFO of here. stay in school, respect your parents, and PLEASE don't fuck up your life.
March 7th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
ok so im going to smoke for the first time this weekend. and i hae some questions.
my friend says he has really good stuff called "White Willow" have you heard about that?
how do i make sure the shit aint laced??
and i have AD/HD and anziaty disorder, should i take my meds when i do it!?!?!?!?!?
plz answer soon as im doing it tonight
March 7th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
fyi im 14
March 7th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
question: i havent done weed and I really really really want to lol i have a question is it really obvious when ur high like could I do it at school or hgow do you act cuz i dont wanna get into troublr
March 12th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
fuck you guys
March 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
"95% of the THC gets absorbed as soon as it hits your lungs.
Holding your hit to get higher is just some hippie myth and a good way to screw up your lungs. ;)"
Resorting to anecdote isn't very helpful, and it's hard to imagine that anyone has actually done well-controlled measurements of THC absorption, but it's easy to demonstrate that 95% of the THC is /probably/ not absorbed instantly.
Step 1: How long can you go without breathing?
Go ahead, try it.
I'll wait right here.
Ok, done?
You took a deep breath first, didn't you?
Taking a deep breath when you need to go without air for a time is a basic reflex (ask any scuba diver how hard it was to unlearn the reflex). Your lungs do not absorb 95% of the oxygen from a breath of air 'as soon as it hits your lungs'.
it's hard to imagine that your lungs are way better at absorbing THC than they are at absorbing oxygen. Oxygen is what they are there for. In the absence of really good evidence to the contrary, I'd bet that the THC keeps being absorbed over time just like the oxygen does.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:32 am
Well put, tsl! I was thinking the same thing!
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As for some of the complainers...
Ok, it's obvious there are a lot of Noobs, but isn't that the point of this thread? If you guys are so experienced, why would you read a "How To" column, and then bag on the beginners? You took a first hit once too.
I'm getting my card on Wednesday. (Woo-Hoo! I wonder if they can back-date it to 1986) I stopped smoking several years ago, and was just looking around the web to check out what's happened in the wide world of weed in the last few years, and stumbled across this thread. Though I was not looking for a how-to, I gave it a read anyway, and I think it's great someone took the time to write it. If it helps some people out, (An it looks like it has) then right on! Keep it up.
(And Tokenchoke, Chiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllll... calling someone out on a site dedicated to smoking weed!? I'm no peace-loving hippie, but Jeeeez man! )
March 17th, 2009 at 5:15 am
this is for justblaze420, if it was legal the government would simply charge a tax, or throw you in jail. Simple as that, if there's no tax its known as blackmarket. In Amsterdam prostitutes are legal, but they pay a tax. Its also illegal because people have been getting wreckless with it , thinking their motor skills will not be impaired at all, and its getting torte point where its as dangerous as dealing crack.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:44 am
you ppl make me giggle... first time smokers are cute... XD honestly, if you wanna smoke weed, find someone who already smokes weed, and let them show you the ropes... its not as fun just smoking alone n e way...
well have fun with your new advantures... hit it 2 times for me though XD
-peace!
March 27th, 2009 at 6:38 am
can you just tell me all of the general facts i need to know about weed so i don't look like a complete idiot in front of my friends?
March 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I'm fairly new to smoking weed. I recently got a 15-20 dollar [fairly small] price or pipe. But, it has no "bowl". How exactly would I go about smoking with my piece? (I'd say it has a medium length stem, and has a funnel shape at the end, also a small glass bead twoards the end-what purpose does this serve?) thank you!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I'm fairly new to smoking weed. I recently got a 15-20 dollar [fairly small] peice or pipe. But, it has no "bowl". How exactly would I go about smoking with my piece? (I'd say it has a medium length stem, and has a funnel shape at the end, also a small glass bead twoards the end-what purpose does this serve?) thank you!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
HAY HAY HAY smoke weed everyday
April 4th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Sweet, i have been smokeing weed for a while in joints, but i mix them with tabacoo and never knew the propper term was spiffy, i am going to buy a bowl and try this now. thanks, learned alot, i had been to scared to ask my freinds this stuff incase it made me look like an idiot, you know "How do you smoke weed" lol.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
how should i mix it with tobacco, do i put a little tobacco in like spread, then put the weed in spread the same, or do i mix before i put in, or should i just do 100% weed.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
This is so confusing!!!
April 19th, 2009 at 1:41 am
I just wanted to say that this site was very helpful. I've been looking into smoking weed for a while, because I might get it prescribed for Bipolar Disorder (a lot of BPs said that it helps them with racing thoughts and paranoia, which are some of my issues). Anyway, it was really helpful to me, and I appreciate it a lot. <3
April 25th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Thanks very much for this. I've finally got the balls to try smoking. It's been far too long. Anyway, I'm doing it next weekend with my friends and I'm a little less worried about looking like a moron/newb for my first time. The process seems pretty straightforward.. Well, thanks again, and happy smoking everyone!!! :D
April 27th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Hey man thx. Now i kinda know how to smoke weed lol, ive been wanting to do dis for a while, but i was always asking friends too many questions bout it lol... Well i get out of school June 17th, About a month n like 2 weeks from now..SUMMER is the time im guna go smoke weed for the first time with a friend! wish me luck, hopefully ill get stoned my first time, i would smoke sooner, but my parent basically work the same hours through year, n during summer i get less restrictions, more freedom. (like sleeping/staying at a friends house...)
April 28th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
weed should seriously be fuckin legal!!!
i mean, seriously, alchohol and straight tobacco can kill you!!
weed never hurt anyone...
lol
but im a noob and i need help on how to actually GET weed first.
May 3rd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
@420 all the waySays
Its easy look for someone you know that has weed on all most all the time. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW AND TRUST THIS PERSON REALLY WELL. (If you do, instead of buyin it, they could give you some, if not share with you ^_^) Because drug dealing could be kinda dangerous, it's always better if you trust your hookup really good. And dats all there is to it bcuz it's all smoothsailing after that ;) HAPPY WEED BUYIN N SMOKIN :D
May 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I've never smoked ANYTHING in my life & I think I'm gonna be trying to smoke weed in a week or two with a good friend. I've been curious for a while and I am really interested.
I'm just afraid that I'm going to cough like crazy, does it hurt the first time? Is there anyway to avoid coughing so I don't embarrass myself?
>.<
Thanks so much
May 7th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
i need help i am new and i just got my frist bag of pot how do u somkie it i aLWAYS try new things and i want to try pot all my friends do it and talk about it plz help
truely ashley from florida
May 10th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I have a metal pipe without a carb (won it at a carnival, but I'm happy with it)
I've noticed the pot doesn't even have to be glowing to drag, just heat it up to vaporize the THC
Yesterday I smoked that way and after smoking the weed was still green but didn't have any THC in it left
(and yes, even without glow I still exhaled smoke)
May 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I looked it up, if it's actually vaporisation it's convection vaporisation (vaporisation by letting hot air flow over it)
May 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
all i have to say is fuck all these little 15 16 17 year olds smoking there little nickles and dime bags of shit weed.once every little fucking immature kid who thinks smoking weed is koool that buys an eighth of some hydro i will stop blabbing my mouth.
May 24th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
how can u inhale smoke directly into ur lungs like without breakthing even more from your mouth?
May 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
lke i inhale it into my mouth and i hold it and then i can kinda feel it going into my lungs after around 5 seconds is that how ur suposed to do it >? cuz im a begenier adn i tried that mouth to lung method it relally kinda doesnt work for me lol can anyone help me
May 24th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
when i get high i feel like dizzy lol that normal ?
May 25th, 2009 at 3:10 am
You guys are dicks like y the fuck would u smoke weed? I mean I get the people that live were its not against the law but for the people tht live were it is you guys are some bitchs I mean weed screws ur life up so bad I mean y the fuck. I use to smoke weed but iv grown up and got help now hav a job and a degree Also an amazing girlfriend tht help me get through my withdrawls. And let me tell you there is so much more to life thn getn high and smoken shit I hav been able to be successful in sports and everythng. I'm not tryn to diss on u guys but jest so you know its not cool! Its stupid and its time for you guys to grow up and be a real man and not a damn shithead pussy all tha time! Get some balls you weak bitchs
May 29th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
i love ganja!
June 10th, 2009 at 6:31 am
a joint gots 2 b closed at both ends so u wouldnt drop ur weed but 4 all u beginers u should leave it open so u could drop all ur weak ass stress or watevr u got cuz in da streets of Los Angeles all we toke is LA cush n California chronic i dont no how u do it in england but dat hole in da pipe is so u could take a str8 hit wit da bong i recomend u use da gas mask cuz me n my homies hit it harder 2 get even highr ese n da blunts dat we make r way bigger than those toothpick blunts yall make a nick is 5 bux a dime is 10 a dub is 20 bux n wat i buy are quarters which r 50 bux enough 2 make a cush blunt out of cuban cigars dats how us mexicans smoke in LA i gota say dats a nice blue pipe rite there its all about south side LA
June 14th, 2009 at 4:58 am
ur rite ur da only 1 dat actualy makes sense i only went here cuz my homie frost told me 2 go 2 video then how 2 smoke weed n sum stupid bitch says how 2 smoke wit a t-shirt dat says cannibis n he dont no how 2 take a fukin real OG hit n den i went 2 images n i saw a st8 south side LA pipe den i clikd it n i read all dis stupid ass shit n i postd wtf wat kind off shit is dis fukin chabalas i fukin b hitin OG MASTER CUSH CHOCLATE TIE N BLUE ANGEL CUSH ganjaking is fukin rite weed doesnt make u cool i only do it cuz its fukin good shit n ppl dat cant smoke learn frm da streets dats where i learnd 2 all da real tokers LITE IT UP N TAKE A REAL HIT ESE
June 15th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
If you need to go to a website that explains to you how to smoke weed then you are probably too young/stupid to be smoking the herb anyway. When I started smoking weed (a long time ago now) me and my best friend at the time bought some weed from one of the local dealers and just fucked about until we made something that smoked right and got us high. I guess my point is that smoking, and starting to smoke weed is like your own personal journey that may be different for everyone. In time you realise what gets you the most stoned and what works for you. For example, I like to make a fat spliff then while I'm smoking it take some hotknifes, or a few buckets/lungs/waterfalls etc. Trust me - you smoke a few puffs of your joint, take a creamy bucket (nearly die after inhaling it all haha) then hit the joint again and repeat this until the joint is done then have one more bucket after just for good measure... you will get stoned. very stoned
June 26th, 2009 at 2:04 am
damn 4 da 1st time i read ovr all da comments n im da only mexican n theres a whole mess of youngster levas if u really want 2 learn how 2 smoke ask ppl dat got lots of experience mothr fukrs n julius u a puto y r u givin 1st time smokers all dis bad info wat a dumass n i got hookups u dont really got 2 move 2 amsterdam but shit if u gots da feria den go ese cuz i wanna get hi as fuk without any person tellin me wat 2 do shit ill evn sell ppl who live in LA MOTA n sum bomb ass shit like cheech n chongs up in smoke without da labrador hahaha but yea dont take advice frm dis website n i wuz doin da same shit just lookin at random shit of weed on google cuz i wuz hi as fuk
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 am
I smoked for the first time yesterday and i really... Enjoyed it. The thing i noticed is that every style wether it be joint or bong or waterever else there is give a different high. Its all the thc so where do i get one of those vaporizers! :)
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Alright, smartperson, you mentioned going through withdrawls. Would these be because you quit smoking marijuana? Because that just isn't possible unless your pot was laced. Withdrawl occurs when you don't get a substance your body has become addicted to. The lack of the substance in your body causes all your systems to go all whacked out. This can't happen with weed because marijuana is not an addictive substance. It is a dependant, yes, but still, not addictive.
Also, I've been smoking pot for years, and I prefer bongs and pipes. Although, recently I've been smoking joints more than anything. Buckets are always good too!
A tip for the site, maybe talk about hash, bots, or even hotboxing somewhere!
Peace!