Intro Tips and Tricks for Tokers

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  1. #1 Spark_Lord, Nov 7, 2015
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    With the spreading legalization of marijuana across the U.S., aside from the recent unfortunate exception of Ohio, I thought I'd give a few old school smoker tips and tricks for the new wave of blazers to smooth out the potential stress of intro toking sessions. I'm currently a college junior who has been blazing since the 8th grade so I've got just under a decade of experience and I know that's probably less than a lot of folks on here but I still know my shizzle when it comes to the bomb digidizzle haha.


    1. Don't Stress While You Smoke Sess: I know this seems like a no brainer to steady smokers such as myself because its the whole point aside from its vast multitude of medical benefits and impossibility to overdose on. But I certainly remember my first time being pretty stressful, mainly because of the situation, but also because of my mindset. I was a broke ass kid in the city smoking in a public park at midnight with a group of 5 people and we actually ended up almost being seen by the cops which sketched my newbie ass half to death haha.


    Anyways, the best way to maintain a level head with the Mary Jane is to do your research first, as you should with any drug, prescription, recreational or otherwise, because once you understand you're more likely to die eating a peanut than smoking weed, because it has never killed a single human being in history, it's a lot easier to relax. The second tip would be your choice of company and locale, if your being introduced to bud by experienced stoners don't just tag along to a big sesh with all of their homies you don't know, stick with people you're cool with in an environment you're comfortable in and crank up some chill jams, it's a lot more fun than 15 bros throwing around slang you don't know and making you feel bad because you harshed the bud or bogart the blunt or what have you.


    2. How to Prevent Red Eyes/Cotton Mouth: This is a typical toker troupe that a lot of guys I know and have smoked with for years still haven't quite gotten down. However, to keep from getting blood shot eyes while smoking you simply have to understand the cause of them, you aren't blinking. Just routinely remind yourself to blink every time your eyes feel dry or you see yourself in a mirror, they'll fix themselves as always. Also, rookie tip, don't look down when you're roasting a blunt, bowl, or whatever it maybe because smoke can float into your eyes and that shit sucks. Same goes with cotton mouth, smoke dries out your mouth, if you don't have a drink, just run your tongue along the roof of your mouth until it naturally replaces the saliva. The THC in cannabis, which is found naturally in the body of every human being and most living organism, serves to increase the functioning capacity of your audiovisual senses.


    This is why food tastes better, taste bud functionality increases. Music sounds better, the ear drum resonant vibration deepens. You're generally more creative and deeper thinking the creative center of your cerebral cortex kicks into overdrive thinking of many more things at once than you usually could, you can get side tracked more easily without controlled focus. Movies and games are funnier/more visually immersive because your unblinking eyes are much more focused and colors become more vibrant, this can also cause what some call snap shot vision, your brain literally processing time at a higher speed than usual so every blink seems like a strobe light effect, can be cured with calm.


    3. Basic Bong, Bowl and Blunt Etiquette/Packing and Rolling Techniques: A bong can look a bit more complicated than it is at first. Essentially, you'll want to balance the bottom on your legs, light the weed, on the corner (called corn rowing or crop dusting), not the whole pack because if you burn the whole bowl it's basically a waste of bud. Then, pull in very slowly as the smoke rises through the columns, breathing through your nose if you need a breath and once the smoke has entirely filled to the brim just below your mouth, push down on the glass cylinder (down stem) under the bowl with your middle finger, slowly lift the bowl with your index and thumb and inhale.


    For blunts, joints and bowls, a big issue with first time stoners is spit sealing the intake. To prevent this, suck your lips into your mouth and put the dry part of your mouth on the end of the blunt or joint and just puff puff and pass it to the left. When rolling weed in a blunt wrap, first split the cigarillo down the middle in a straight line and gut the tobacco from it, replace it with an even layer of weed in the center then push it to one edge of the paper or the other. Then carefully fold the edge of the wrap over the layer, tuck it beneath the weed snugly and lick the top of the paper folded over it and the next layer of paper to the side of it and roll it as tightly as possible around the weed, licking from end to end once you get to every dry section of the paper. Once it's entirely folded over, lick the top slit of the paper and lightly run a lighter along the blunt until the spit has dried and you're done. Jays are essentially the same but don't require gutting the tobacco.


    Bowls are the same system for spit prevention as blunts and jays, but there's a bit more involved with inhaling. On the bulbous, circular portion of the bowl, usually on the right side, sometimes on the left, there is a small hole called the carb, it keeps the suction of the fire and smoke headed towards the pipe and provides ventilation once uncovered. Cover the carb once you are corn row lighting the edge of the bowl and once it is lit and glowing, lift your thumb off the carb and inhale, occasionally re-covering the carb to refuel the fire and exhale.



    4. Things to Do When You're Feeling Trippy (Sativa or Indica): First of, for those who don't know, sativa is the lighter often bright green colored strand of weed which increases your physically active aspirations and livens you up. While indica is the darker (purp, dark green, etc.) strand which elevates your mental capacity and increases your intellectual intuitiveness and can also make you sleepy because you can think yourself to the point of exhaustion without even realizing it.


    When it comes to sativa this is your active high, you'll want to go outside, play basketball, football, futbal, or whichever sport you support, go for a run, go hiking, go for a bike ride, skate board, snowboard, skiing, swimming, boating. Anything that seems like a fun physically active time is good for a sativa strain, it's also a good work out weed. To keep myself active while I'm smoking I usually put a pull up bar and two push up pads on the floor in the door way of my toking dojo and I'll do 10 or so wide, mid, short and 1 armed push ups and pull ups every time I go into or out of the room.


    In terms of sativa, this is the smoke some and chill strand. Get some pizza, brews, slushies, chips, whatever your favorite snacks are. Turn on a really good, weird trippy movie, sci-fis, stoner comedies and cartoons are generally your best bet for a good smoke sesh. Turn on some great, relaxing music, hip hop, rock, reggae, soul, EDM, or whichever you prefer and just relax and have fun. This is also the type of weed that is generally good to practice exercising your creative skills with, even if you're terrible at them haha. Playing music, writing stories, painting or drawing pictures, designing clothes and thinking of things that are important to you and how to improve your life and your world are generally a good time when you've got an indica high and can help us overcome the typical toker's stereotype together.


    Well those are my first time toker's tips and tricks, hope you guys enjoyed. Leave a comment with questions, input or whatever you wanna talk about below and peace and love to all my pot roasting people haha.


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