Experiment: How long should you hold hits in?

[btothejay]

Ok, I've heard different arguments on how long you should hold hits it, some say only like 8 seconds and you'll get all the THC, some say 30. I have come up with an experiment that should figure out which is better if you are going for most THC extracted (note, holding it in less is probably almost always better when think health-wise, this experiment is just for which will absorb more THC.

Ok, the only things we need besides ourselves and oxygen are a bag (we're gonna breathe into it, it has to be relatively airtight) and something to measure time in seconds in (a watch works well for this). Ok, now what you do is you breath in all you can (like you would if you were taking a hit), then hold it in for a variable amount of seconds - and then exhale all of that into the bag - then breathe it back in (getting no extra air, just what you inhaled) start noting the time, and see how long you can hold your breath. Do this a coulple of times (after taking a break, of course), and change the amount of time you are holding your hit in before exhaling it. The trial in which you could hold your breath the shortest after breathing in the used air is probably how long you should hold your hits in for maximum THC absorption.

This experiment is just an idea, I haven't tried it yet - but will soon. But it would seem to me that if your lungs couldn't get all of the oxygen out of your lungs in a certain amount of time, then probably couldn't get all the THC out in the same amount of time either. This is all in theory, but it sounds like it'd work to me. Any thoughts/comments?

If you try this, post your results here (I'll post mine after I try it later tonight probably)!

[Namynam]

It sounds like a pretty good idea but i think certain things absorb into your body faster than others do.

[Swan]

Thc is absorbed into the bloodstream immeadiately after it's inhaled, it's a fact.
One doesn't have to hold it in..... it's not necesssary. I stopped holding it in, and have noticed no difference, except I don't cough as much. When I vape, I draw nice and even, and exhale the mist when it's comfortable to.

Smoking should be no different!

[Namynam]

yeah i noticed that sometimes when the bowls cherry and im by myself, i just take quick hits over and over without holding them in for very long and i still get pretty ripped

[btothejay]

I dunno, it would just seem to me that the THC could be absorbed into my lungs no faster than the air which carries it.

[Punks Not Dead]

Not quite related to this, but the human lung can't even get anywhere near all the air out of your lungs when you exhale. But like whales...when they exhale, they exhale about 90% of the air in their lungs. Like, ok...when you breath in, the air goes into you lungs and they expand, and when you exhale they like deflate kinda (You know...) but you cant ever get it all out because the human lung cannot deflate too much or you'll like die. But whales can almost completely collapse their lung to take in a new breath (cuz they live in the water, and they have to stay in a long time...makes sense dont it?)_So, like...god...why the fuck did I write this? it makes no sense! (Im posting it anywA!Y)

[Dr Jammin]

swan, no. thc isn't absorbed instantaneously. that would be physically impossible. im not sure exactly how long it takes, but it certainly does help to hold it in at least SOME time. i usually follow the old 8 second rule.

the fact that you notice you're coughing less proves this. coughing means you're absorbing more thc, because it means smoke is entering parts of your lungs that it usually doesn't enter.

that said, i don't like coughing either, and usually exhale if i feel im about to.

[dr_krapp]

I've got a better idea!!!

how about i smoke all my left-over weed get really stoned and come back and forget to reply, sound good?

also why experiment just hold it on about 10 and u shud get most of it without risking ur lungs, just get baked!!!!

[Punks Not Dead]

AND ANOTHER THING!!! Cough can actually help the absorption, because coughing makes the alveoli open up more, letter more in! (But coughing can suck, Ive had like a constant cought for like 5 years...I've never smoked tobacco, and even if its from pot, I aint stoppin)

[SamsonSimson]

When you breathe in. anything you breathe in diffuses into your bloodstream into the capillaries in your lungs. So as the blood flows by, more blood with absolutely no THC flows by and it diffuses into the bloodstream quick. uicker than oxygen because there already is a little oxygen in the bloodstream. So it is true that THC gets absorbed in to your bloodstream quickly. MAybe not quite instantaneously, but you don't need t hold it in until the joint comes back to you or anything. Hold your hits in for fun though, because i don't know shit, his is just what i think. Smoking isn't about getting every molecule of THC in, it's about having a good time.

[Resin Chamber]

i always thought, its not how long should you hold it in, its how long can you hold it in. Thats some cool shit about whales tho..didnt know that. I also didnt know that about 8 seconds absorbs most of the THC in a hit. Well..

[Namynam]

Actually THC IS absorbed instantly, just not all of it. It slowly gets absorbed over the 8 or whatever seconds, so once you inhale it starts right then, not like if you hold it for 8 seconds then boom its all absorbed.

In concusion, THC is absorbed right away, just not the entirenty of it

[keepitUnreal]

If you hold it in too long...it ruins the fun. Toking up is supposed to be relaxing. I usually hold it in for 7 seconds or so...then less if my breath gets short, coughing kills your high.

[LimpinandPimpin]

Quite simply, hold it until you feel comfortable with the hit, then exhale. I hold it until the point that I am about to cough and release. Just a thought. The key to me is being comfortable and enjoying it.

[InferiorWang]

Originally posted by Namynam
yeah i noticed that sometimes when the bowls cherry and im by myself, i just take quick hits over and over without holding them in for very long and i still get pretty ripped

I do that exact same thing.

I used to hold them in as long as possible, but when I heard that all the THC was absorbed in 5-8 seconds I stopped holding my breath and got just as high.