I know this has been asked a lot but I've never seen a poll conducted on it so I'm making one. You can talk about why you hold them in for the length you do, and share some supportive evidence to your reasoning if possible. For me, after inhaling I take a breath of oxygen and just hold it in until it starts getting uncomfortable, which is usually in like 10 seconds. I don't think it's good to exhale right away because you aren't giving your lungs time to cycle much blood through... each heartbeat is like a marker that lets you know, "a certain percentage of THC has been attained from lungs." So you want to get several of these heartbeats in. As for 95% of the THC being absorbed within a couple seconds, how is that possible? I mean while the smoke is sitting there in your lungs, a ton of THC is just floating around in dead space because it hasn't contacted the lung membranes yet, so you gotta wait for that shit to get in line. Also, there is the idea that holding it in for longer just gives you oxygen deprivation or it's all in your head, etc... well holding your breath for an extra 10 seconds isn't going to deprive you of oxygen to the point where you feel higher. So if you feel higher from it, it is probably because you are higher. So how long do you hold in your hits, please vote in the poll and give reasoning here.
I usually take my hit and hold it, Just like Chong, I get the bowl and I re load it... Nah, Usually about a 4 second hold and then very slow exhale for about 5 seconds. Give the smoke time to stir around and dump its thc before exiting. I think the only people that hold it till they turn blue are kids and other idiots.
oh yeah good point, i make my exhales pretty slow too. its easier on my throat and does give the thc more time to do its stuff
I don't hold my hits at all. Basically i take a nice pull off of whatever i'm hitting, take the piece off my lips and continue inhaling for a moment, pause for a second or two, then slowly exhale. the entire process takes about four or five seconds. It's basically taking a long deep breath. The first part of the inhale is some smoke, followed by fresh air, a small hold, then slow release.
Don't think I've ever timed it. Tho I heard 4-5 seconds is what it takes to absorb most of the cannibanoids, past that you're just holding in all the other shit that's in smoke.