Is Weed Bad for Men Trying to Have a Baby
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Quondam POTUS/Future Showtime Man Bill Clinton famously admitted in 1992 that he had attempted to fume marijuana, but didn't know how to inhale. Go on this in heed: even an eventual president couldn't lay lips on the globe's favorite semi-prohibited constitute without stuttering and failing. So, don't be discouraged by your own chronic shortcomings.
In order to help you go from square to Redman, nosotros consulted two total-fourth dimension marijuana experts -- Michael Armstrong, manager and budtender at famous (and legal!) Colorado dispensary LiveGreen Cannabis, and "Elvis," an illegal marijuana deliveryman in New York who understandably prefers to remain anonymous -- to get the straight dope on everything you need to know while "doing the pot." Hither are 25 things you lot're doing wrong when lighting up.
1. Treating pot like a cigar
Michael advises showtime-timers inhale like they're smoking a cigarette and not a cigar -- so have a describe, then take that deep, actress jiff to bring the smoke all the fashion down. And despite popular conventionalities, neither expert had noticed any difference in effect the longer the smoke is 'held' in the lungs. "There'due south evidence out at that place that claims we absorb any and all THC from fume pretty apace, within seconds, so holding it in for a long time is substantially doing nothing," Elvis says. "But make sure you exhale in securely, that'south more important," Armstrong adds.
two. Thinking yous won't get loftier the first fourth dimension
Elvis and Michael both confided that they got "very-to-extremely" high the start time they smoked weed, and the prevailing belief that you won't feel anything the offset time around is a myth perpetrated by smoking incorrectly. "Truth be told, I think a lot of people maybe aren't inhaling correctly their starting time time smoking, which would make them recall it doesn't work," Armstrong says.
three. Using your carb incorrectly
A "carb" is the niggling hole on the side of a bowl or a bong that you plug with your finger while taking a hit. Information technology's there and so you can clear your bowl of smoke without taking another puff. "When you feel like you've gotten a sufficient pull, you take your finger off, 'releasing it,' so continue to inhale, thus clearing the bowl of fume," Armstrong says. "That's information technology -- bong or bowl -- it's not likewise complicated."
4. Throwing out the stems
One's man'south refuse can get another man (or the same human being, again) stoned, according to Michael. "[Stems] nonetheless have a lot of THC sticking to them, for the most part, and in a pinch you can apply them to get high." You tin can soak them in alcohol to make a THC-infused cocktail (!), put them in a vaporizer to cook the THC out, or make "stem tea," which is exactly what yous expect it to be -- but soak your stems in warm tea for a few hours to extract that intoxicating THC, Earl Gray-style.
5. Not knowing the difference betwixt indicas and sativas
Armstrong considers this one of the most important facets of marijuana use, one that many casual smokers overlook. "This makes all the difference. There are two bones kinds of marijuana: sativa, and indica, both having their own, unique effects. Traditionally, indica releases a more mellow trunk high, while sativa is a picayune more intense, and is typically what you would call a 'head-focused' high -- it's more than psychoactive. Hither'south a quick key we use: indica means 'in da' burrow,' like, you'll typically be relaxed, and mellow after smoking. Sativa means 'festiva'; it'south good for partying, going out, doing things. For beginning-time smokers, or people who get paranoid hands, I'll usually recommend indica, equally it's less likely to crusade feet equally a sativa. Nearly strains are hybrids, present -- they're a mix of each, to varying degrees. That's normally what yous are smoking, especially if you don't specifically know what it is. And then, you'll be getting both sides of the spectrum.
"But -- and this is important -- anybody'south torso chemistry is dissimilar. People tin can react to certain strains in unlike ways. It's all about how your trunk independently reacts. In that location are these guidelines, sure, but the only way to know how you will react to a certain strain variation is to attempt information technology."
6. Non owning a grinder
Armstrong and Elvis were in complete agreement well-nigh using a grinder every time they smoke, saying it creates a level of called-for consistency that tin't be achieved manually. Equally an added bonus, it makes kief (the very fine, almost dust-like material that collects at the lesser chamber of a traditional grinder) that contains a metric buttload (not an official measurement) of discarded THC that you can put on top of your supply. "It'due south fucking awesome," Elvis says.
7. Storing it in the worst places possible
"If yous need to keep some weed for a while, make sure your bud is in an airtight container, somewhere night, absurd, and if possible, not too arid... glass containers over plastic," Armstrong says. "This volition keep information technology fresh tasting, and brand certain it doesn't dry out out or lose whatsoever effect. If you lot actually want to continue your weed fresh, they make humidors (like for cigars), to store big quantities."
8. Torching it with a crappy lighter
Matches and heavy butane lighters can give your weed a bad taste, and your lungs a sucker punch with heavy gases and harsh sulfur notes. Armstrong says he (and anybody he knows) uses a standard BIC, but HempWick is an pick for those who desire to keep it organic. Elvis agrees, for the about part: "I do utilise a regular BIC, though in a pinch I take been known to apply those long-donkey grill lighters... but they aren't platonic." Cash-strapped college kids across the nation are nodding their heads in solidarity.
9. Claiming information technology's "laced"
Elvis says he hears this "myth" frequently. "Most importantly, if yous bought weed that was laced with other drugs, and didn't know about it, it would hateful that dealers were just giving y'all extra drugs -- that are probably more expensive than weed in the kickoff place -- for free, and not telling you lot virtually it for some reason. That makes zilch sense." For Armstrong and other smokers in Colorado, this is a full non-issue, as their marijuana undergoes strenuous, official testing. He thinks it may happen in some cases, but overall, it's people getting uncomfortably (or unexpectedly) high.
ten. Being a dickhead and not cornering the bowl
You're going to want to "corner" your bowl, which is lighting only a small portion of the surface surface area to make sure some green is left over for your buddies... or yourself. "I fifty-fifty do it when I'thou smoking by myself," Armstrong says. "It actually makes the whole experience meliorate than just burning the whole pinnacle -- this way, you don't have a agglomeration of green underneath a layer of ashes, and every hit has a little fresh bud in it." And Elvis adds, "It's just rude. Don't but catch the bowl and spark the whole thing up, like a fiend."
11. Being clueless nigh smoking devices
Vaporizers are the decidedly 21st-century choice for those seeking a "mellow, less-intense, but long-lingering" loftier that'due south great for travel, and keeping a solid buzz, according to Armstrong. "Pipes and bongs are pretty similar in effect -- every bit are joints, really -- but with bongs you lot usually become a massive rip. They cool down the smoke to make information technology easier to inhale, and have college volume chambers, so yous get a lot of smoke in 1 hit, and information technology'south smoother and not every bit harsh." This is probably why people tend to call up bongs make them higher.
12. Freaking out, human!
Armstrong recommend people prone to paranoia endeavor a moderately potent indica strain, as it's less likely to induce anxiety as a sativa-leaning bud. "I also retrieve y'all should be smoking with someone you trust, and someone experienced, and then you tin can lean on them for advice and guidance. Most importantly, if all you did was smoke, and didn't practice anything else, merely remember: you're going to be fine. In an 60 minutes, everything volition be normal." Elvis recommends staving off a panic set on by playing with pets, listening to music you love, and keeping your heed occupied. "
13. Forgetting to comprehend your tracks
For those of u.s.a. unfortunate enough to alive in areas where marijuana is even so strictly prohibited (or, you lot're just living with a parent/significant other/roommate who frowns upon the devil's cabbage), covering your tracks is a bothersome, but essential component to smoking and being high. Febreze does the trick for the smell, while Rohto drops will take care of your eyes (be warned, they burn like hell). "If you want to smoke without it smelling, take hold of a cardboard toilet paper gyre, and stuff information technology tightly (simply not as well tightly) with dryer sheets -- exhale through that. It will cut the smell downwardly dramatically," Elvis adds, dubbing it a "silencer."
14. Packing the bowl similar a slob
Even if yous use a grinder to pause up your bud, you lot tin can pack a bowl incorrectly. "I always will have a slighter, bigger piece of non-grinded nug, and use it every bit a plug at the bottom of my bowl, so the grinded, finer weed doesn't sideslip through. You likewise shouldn't be packing your bowls too tightly, as this will cause a bad pull. Air has to be able to move through the basin pack, in guild for you to inhale," Armstrong says.
15. Misinterpreting your coughs
In that location are a few mutual misconceptions most coughing while smoking: it will (somehow?) become your higher, it's a alert sign that you are getting too high, and that coughing is a signal that you're smoking "good bud." All three claims were thoroughly denied past our esteemed experts. "I hateful, I smoke every solar day. Sometimes I cough, sometimes I don't. I don't think there's any difference in issue, nor exercise I think it's dependent on expert bud or not," Armstrong explains. "For instance, if I smoke out of a vape, I tend to cough more because the vapor is really hot when information technology hits my lungs. Good bud won't make you cough any more mediocre bud, and coughing is not necessarily a alarm sign that you lot are getting as well high -- more likely, information technology ways your throat and lungs are irritated considering of the fume/vape itself."
Elvis is in the aforementioned camp: "I've heard those things earlier, the kind of pseudo-scientific discipline that says coughing 'opens up your lungs,' simply from my [all-encompassing] experience, that's just non the case. You don't get whatsoever higher. And, 'stronger' weed won't brand you lot coughing more than the bad shit -- it depends more on your smoking device and your ain lungs. Weed forcefulness isn't displayed in the fume, it's proven in how you feel."
16. Knowing nada about good vs. bad weed
If you don't trust that white dude with cornrows and a hemp sweatshirt in the park, and his assertion that his numberless are "hot burn," in that location are a few things y'all tin can look for that will advertise high quality, according to Armstrong. "Frostiness" (what he calls the little crystals on buds), is a prime sign of premier product. "A expert blossom volition also commonly be spongy, merely not also wet. It shouldn't be dried out though, plainly. Information technology should have a footling give when you press downwardly on it, and exist on the denser side." And, those little red hairs? They aren't necessarily proof of merit, and often don't mean much.
17. Letting your tolerance build too much
If you are a regular smoker experiencing diminishing effects from weed, it might be time to accept a tolerance pause. "Edifice upward a tolerance to weed, and getting less high the more you fume, is definitely a thing," Armstrong says. "That's why people go along 'tolerance breaks,' taking a few days or even a week or 2 to reset their system. That's really all you demand, to get back to feeling the total effects."
xviii. Being too conspicuous around the fuzz
"I don't really have to worry most this," Armstrong says, "but still, even if you buy weed in legal states, from a dispensary, yous probably shouldn't drive with it in your front end seat. Put information technology in the torso, in legal states or not. It's just smart. If you get pulled over, yous don't want a cop seeing a bag from a dispensary in your front seat. It will give them a reason to be suspicious you are smoking while driving." On the illegal side of things, Elvis has some pretty handy communication. "Put it in your underwear."
19. Being wasteful
Joints and blunts, despite the pronounced admiration of Afro-Human being, may non exist the most efficient way to fume. "They're constantly burning when you're smoking them, or passing them around, even when y'all aren't smoking," Armstrong says. "A small-scale bowl, bong, or little one-hitter would be more efficient. If you are trying to conserve weed, your all-time bet is probably a vape. You go a lot of hits for a modest amount of weed, and too, even when your weed has been thoroughly vaped, you lot tin can notwithstanding use the burned bud left over to smoke... if you're really in a compression."
xx. Overlooking the glories of the dab
Consider the dab -- a somewhat recent phenomenon that is essentially a mega-hit of THC in hash-oil form. It comes in a wax, or shatter (kind of looks like amber), and is made by running solvents through strong buds, then letting the solvents absurd and harden. Armstrong compares the effect every bit "the difficult liquor shot, to a standard bowl rip's beer." It comes on quickly, and it's very intense. You can smoke it with either a vape pen, or a bong-esque rig that requires blow-torch, butane flames, or other heavy-duty lighters (seriously). And then, if you like to fly super loftier, super quickly, and don't mind intensely full-bodied open fires around increasingly impuissant people, dabs might exist right for you.
21. Thinking you lot can only swallow it raw, for some reason
Simply put: y'all tin can't. "You can't eat weed raw to become stoned. It's impossible," Elvis says. "You demand to oestrus it to at least 200-250 degrees to release the THC [Editors Annotation: He's correct] and fifty-fifty so, you lot need a fatty substance similar butter to blot the released THC. That'due south why we sell edibles, besides."
22. Lazily picking the wrong buds
Frequently, people volition choose bags with the biggest, boldest nugs in them, simply that's not necessarily how you lot'll get the well-nigh bang for your buck. "Usually, the larger nugs will have a big stem in them, so you lot'll really end upwards with more than bloom if you lot become a bunch of smaller nugs instead," Armstrong says. "Really, a lot of our more strong strains just naturally come in smaller, tighter nugs, in my experience. That existence said, a lot of people merely like getting one big nug, considering it's kind of absurd -- it'southward a visual thing."
23. Letting your pipes go filthy and clogged
As this scene in There'due south Something Virtually Mary taught us, cleaning the pipes before a big engagement is a necessity. Cleaning your weed pipe: just as of import. Armstrong's got it down to a science: "People over-remember cleaning. Buy some 99% isopropyl alcohol from a drug shop and, if it's really muddied, maybe some table salt as well. That'southward all I use. Allow your slice soak for a while in the alcohol and rinse it off with hot water. If you're working with a bong, and it's actually bad, make full the base of operations with a flake of alcohol and some tabular array common salt. This will help interruption some of the resin loose. Milk shake it (carefully, I've broken a couple paychecks' worth of glass just from this stride), rinse with hot water (give it a milkshake hither too) and repeat. You can reuse the booze for a couple of rinses."
24. Thinking smoking and eating are the aforementioned
THC is captivated through your tum, and metabolized when you eat it, and then it takes a little longer to boot in (from 30 minutes to two hours, depending on the private). "It's somewhat dependent on the strain, but I've institute edibles carry more of a body high, so sometimes even sativas can cease upwardly feeling more like indicas," Armstrong says. "They come on more than slowly, but it lasts a lot longer -- 5-plus hours, in some cases. Personally, they e'er end upward making me very sleepy. We recommend people await a full 2 hours earlier determining an edible 'doesn't work,' and taking more than. Yous could get college than you lot want." This is audio advice.
25. Drinking the bong water
"No ane really does that, man. That's kind of a stupid question," Elvis says.
Welp. Judge it's but me then...
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Is Weed Bad for Men Trying to Have a Baby
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