Does Holding Smoke In Longer Get You More Baked?

Personally I don't really hold the smoke in that long, but people tell me and critize me for not holding the smoke in long...I was watching a documentary on marijuana and it says there is no scientifical evidence that shows doing so will get you more stoned, but yet you get 4 times as many carcinogiens then you would if you just let the smoke out...

Reason I ask is because my dad is always talking shit about me cus i don't hold it in long, when he's a "badass" because he holds it in, lol I just look @ em and laugh...

What are your guys takes on this, my fellow stoner friends?

I try to hold it in as long as possible, but these lungs have years of tokin and it only lasts a few seconds since I take bong rips

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One guy said that the weed at 20% THC is more then your brain can even take up into its neurotransmitters.

Thats why I choose sublingual absorption, or rectal suppository of THC, although its hard to keep the spliff lit and standing on my head for long times with a lit joint in my ass hole took quite a long time to master.

I think it definately gets you higher if you hold it in, but it might just be the lack of oxygen to the brain

Pipe Dream said:

I think it definately gets you higher if you hold it in, but it might just be the lack of oxygen to the brain :bong:

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IMO i think its the lack of oxygen to the brain that gets you "higher" or in other words I would call it a head rush on top of the high...

I watched a show on BBC called How Drugs Work Part One Cannabis, you can download on www.btjunkie.com, and according to their study holding in the smoke does not get you higher, it just produces more tar in your lungs. And this is because the thc that is in the smoke is small enought to pass right through our lungs and into the blood, like oxygen, we do not need to hold it in to get it in our blood because it passs right through our lungs, but i would think holding it in for a few seconds wouldnt hurt to make sure all is absorbed but if they are right then it is just doing more damage then good. If you use btjunkie I would suggest downloading it was pretty intresting.

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A study done by a group of doctors in Canada at Dalhousie University, concluded that more than 90% of the THC is absorbed into the lungs within the first seconds of inhalation. Another study confirms this, but they put their number at 95% absorption. The 5-15% of THC that isn't absorbed is due to THC loss in trace smoke, or smoke that never enters the lungs.

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The present study examined the effects of systematic manipulation of breathhold duration (0 and 20 s) on the physiological and subjective response to active (M; 2.3% delta-9-THC) and placebo (P; 0.0% delta-9-THC) marijuana in a group of ten regular marijuana smokers. During the eight-session experiment, subjects were exposed twice to each of four experimental conditions (P0, P20, M0, M20), scheduled according to a randomized block design. A controlled smoking procedure was used in which the number of puffs and puff volume were held constant. Expired-air carbon monoxide (CO) levels were used to monitor smoke intake. Breathhold duration affected CO absorption; significantly more CO was absorbed from both P and M smoke after 20 s of breathholding (mean CO boost=6.9 ppm) than after no breathholding (mean=4.4 ppm). Heart rate was minimally affected by the breathhold manipulation. Effects of marijuana on mood were not consistently affected by breathhold duration. The results confirm previous findings that prolonged breathholding does not substantially enhance the effects of inhaled marijuana smoke.

i read some place years ago that anything over 12 seconds is a waste something to do with the fibers in the lungs .....i am clueless if this is true or not i hold a few seconds and blow out i get high lol

bulla said:

i read some place years ago that anything over 12 seconds is a waste something to do with the fibers in the lungs .....i am clueless if this is true or not i hold a few seconds and blow out i get high lol

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2 seconds or 12 seconds I get the same fade...lol

burnout88 said:

I watched a show on BBC called How Drugs Work Part One Cannabis, you can download on www.btjunkie.com, and according to their study holding in the smoke does not get you higher, it just produces more tar in your lungs. And this is because the thc that is in the smoke is small enought to pass right through our lungs and into the blood, like oxygen, we do not need to hold it in to get it in our blood because it passs right through our lungs, but i would think holding it in for a few seconds wouldnt hurt to make sure all is absorbed but if they are right then it is just doing more damage then good. If you use btjunkie I would suggest downloading it was pretty intresting.

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A study done by a group of doctors in Canada at Dalhousie University, concluded that more than 90% of the THC is absorbed into the lungs within the first seconds of inhalation. Another study confirms this, but they put their number at 95% absorption. The 5-15% of THC that isn't absorbed is due to THC loss in trace smoke, or smoke that never enters the lungs.

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It's the man....trying to trick us into not holding our hoots in maaaaaaan ! Hold that shit in as long as you can. All I know is I get way more fucked up when I hold 'em in.

I would say that holding it in longer gets you higher to a certain extent. I fyou hold it in long enough to make pretty much all the smoke disappear, than you're probably just hurting your lungs. However, on the subject of Oxygen, coughing gets you more stoned because of the rush of oxygen to the brain.

Back in the day there was an old adage that went like this...hit it for 5 and hold it for 10. I dont know if I get higher or not when I hold it in for longer, but I definitely feel like im higher for a longer period of time, probably because not all of the smoke exits upon exhale, ever burp up smoke 20 mins after chiefing?

Dood, it's th whole technique, tokin is an indivudual artform. There is a dynamic sensation that comes from toking the way you feel most comfortable. On a splif I like to take a 3-5 second draw and keep inhaling for another 2-3 seconds until my lungs are full of air and smoke. Then I hold. For me the hold isn't about getting mor D9 or more junk in my trunk. The hold is a brief pause from existence where I can be one with the Toke and be thankful to the creator for providing me with everything I need to be happy in this life. I'll even close my eyes half the time.

For me the toke is meditation.

I can't think of a better way to die than from cancer caused by marijuana tar. I'll keep smoking until the last day. It's a gift from God.

ive heard that after like 6 second yyou get all you can out of a hit so i just try and hold the smoke in for about 6 seconds and let it out i dont know if its true but 6 seconds is a could amount of time to hold it in anyway i think

puffenuff said:

Back in the day there was an old adage that went like this...hit it for 5 and hold it for 10. I dont know if I get higher or not when I hold it in for longer, but I definitely feel like im higher for a longer period of time, probably because not all of the smoke exits upon exhale, ever burp up smoke 20 mins after chiefing?

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haha yeah man i love when i burp up smoke a while after i last smokked it always makes me laugh

I've burped up smoke after coughing my ass off the first few times I smoked, or after I smoke Blunts/Joints...its always funny when your high and you burp not thinkin about anything just to see smoke come out! lol

I believe holding it in longer allows more blood to absorb the THC as it flows by your lungs from either smoke or vapor.

Longer you hold it in, the more that gets absorbed.

iosh herman said:

I've burped up smoke after coughing my ass off the first few times I smoked, or after I smoke Blunts/Joints...its always funny when your high and you burp not thinkin about anything just to see smoke come out! lol

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Hehe done that in a full elevator....smoked on way to work got in elevator..burped and smoke came out my nose