does holding in weed smoke actually get you higher?

[Nachtfarbton]

i am sure this question has been asked before, but does anyone know conclusively if holding in the smoke gets you higher or just more carcinogenic tar? i heard that 99% of thc was absorbed almost instantly -- does anyone know?

[Dest]

Holding it in for 5-7 seconds gets you more high, but after that time all the THC is already absorbed.

[popers111]

if you hold it in for 3 seconds 90% of the thc is absorbed, so guess 5 seconds for all of it to be absorbed

me personally i hold it in for 10 seconds each hit.

[Dude Pass It]

10 seonds? That's just dumb

[NeOmega]

The answer was already given, but basically anything over 5-7 seconds is pointless. 90-95% is absorbed within those first few seconds (your lungs have more surface area than you think). After that, I think the rate is something like 1% every second or so.

This really needs to be brought to more people's attention. Too many times I see people either showing off or just plain damaging their lungs by holding their smoke for ridiculous spans of time. It's not cool, it's dumb.

[ubagedi]

Originally Posted by Dude Pass It

10 seonds? That's just dumb

I don't know. Lately I've been smoking out of the window in my room and ghosting my hits in order to minimize the smell, and I seem to be getting noticbly higher than usual when I hold in my hits extra long.

[Budder81]

I remember when I first started smoking, I would hold in my hits really long. I don't do that anymore, but I just started holding it a bit longer, and I've been noticing my high stays longer. Worth the hassle if you ask me. 5-6 seconds should do, I know people who blow out the smoke immediately, which can be annoying.

[Ezav420]

5-7 seconds for sure.

[junkiedays]

Originally Posted by ubagedi

I don't know. Lately I've been smoking out of the window in my room and ghosting my hits in order to minimize the smell, and I seem to be getting noticbly higher than usual when I hold in my hits extra long.

If you sit by your window, and continuously take deep breaths, holding them in for extended periods of time, you're going to be a bit light headed. Drugs or no drugs.

You're just depriving your body of oxygen. But hey, if that's how you want to get high then by all means...

[ishottehsheriff]

chicagos every time. hold it in till i get whatever were blazing again, usually a bowl with 3 or 4 other people, or a blunt.

[Bandelero]

Originally Posted by ubagedi

I don't know. Lately I've been smoking out of the window in my room and ghosting my hits in order to minimize the smell, and I seem to be getting noticbly higher than usual when I hold in my hits extra long.

All you're doing is cutting off oxygen to your brain and killing brain cells.

After 5 seconds, there's no reason to hold in any more smoke.

[scott01gt]

what does ghosting your hits mean?

[PsXtreme]

breathing into a blanket maybe? i dunno

[takenyouth]

i've been hearing a lot of 5-7 seconds from my friends and such. so i guess thats right.

[Bleezie_King]

yep your stone will be more intense