I think I'm doing something wrong...

Dude, you're over-thinking this.

Pick off some bud off the stem. Put it in the bowl, as much as you want. Light the weed in the bowl, and suck in while your lighting it. You only need to light it for a second, the weed in the bowl should burn.

If there's a carb on the bowl (a small hole near the top of the bowl), make sure to cover it with your thumb while you light and suck in. Let go of the carb when your done taking your hit, but still inhaling (this clears all smoke out of the pipe into your lungs).

Hold in for a few seconds, and exhale.

It took me about 3 smoke sessions until I first got high.

 

Once you take your hit, stire the bowl around a bit with your fingers or lighter, if it's still mostly black with some green there are more hits in it.

If it's all black and white like ash, empty it and pack a new bowl.

Do about 3/4 of a bowl or as much as you want.

It can take a lot of people many, many sessinons to get high.

What will really help you is if you have experienced friends. They can tell you what to do.

Good luck, and happy toking.

 

it should be obvious whether or not youre getting a good, full hit. of smoke.

if you arent, make sure what you do have in the bowl is completely covering the hole in the bottom, enough to make a seal. otherwise youre just sucking air and fire thru your pipe.

 

Wow, that is EXACTLY what happened to me lol...hopefully I can do it right tonight.

 

Also, I usually have to inhale like really fast to have the flame go in...I should just let it touch the tip and then stop...and keep inhaling?

 

you have to get used to sucking burnt plant matter down your throat. its not really ideal to be smoking anything, but if youre going to smoke, cannabis is the way to go. you'll get used to it, but you should look into getting a vapor brothers.

 

True, you're over thinking it. But this happens with any beginner. Focus on the smoke itself. When you light the bowl you should be sucking in, pulling the smoke into your mouth. Suck on it like the straw to a milkshake, when you've filled your mouth with a little smoke take the pipe away and inhale. Trying to get the smoke deep into your lungs, and holding for up to 3 seconds. If you cant hold it, you took in TOO MUCH SMOKE. I like to exhale a little bit of the hit then take another deep breathe, then exhale some more and take another deep breathe. It's like 3 hits if you do it right. Good luck with it, and keep smokin'.

Edit: To deal with lighting of the weed, you should be lighting it until it can continue burning on its own. The first hit you should use the lighter almost the whole hit, or until it actually burning and you can see the red. At this point as long as you keep pulling, it will keep rolling until it's all burned up. If it catches on fire you used the lighter too much. You should be using the lighter sparingly.

 

Vape is out of the question for me lol.


I was also wondering, they say how marijuana has like more tar than tobacco...so wouldn't that make it like really bad for you? But I mean there hasn't been a death ever related to it..how does that work?

 

Well, that statistic says no deaths from OVERDOSEAGE of MJ. It doesn't say no death as an indirect cause of smoking MJ.


Secondly, you may need more than 2 hits of a pipe to get high; and judging by how you describe the coughing: I'd say you need to try some smaller hits. Smoke comfortably..don't try and force it down.

 

Why is vape out of the question? They are so delicious and easy on your throat/lung. I would definitely suggest a first timer to use a vape so they get the effects without the complication of using a spoon. Just insert weed and suck

 

Well I mean I would love to have that, but I can't really get my hands on one...and don't have anywhere to put it without getting it seen!

 

*cough* under 18 *cough*

Happy Toking.

 

...or I am 18 and just live with my parents and they would probably kick me out if they found me smoking weed .

 

its really not that hard lol but it seems liek you were doing it right OP...and the coughing will go away kinda... and youll get used to it with time......also make sure if the bud is still charied when your about to take another hit (the bud is still red and burning) you dont torch it again cus thats kinda wasting bud just take another hit and keep doing so until the red in the bud is gone then light again

 

You just need to fucking inhale and exhale. And relax.

I like the name considering youve only smoked twice lol. "purple haze"

 

If you are only taking one toke and then ashing the bowl, you can definitely take a couple more ( I dont know how big your bowl is so maybe not). Like someone said before, just kind of mix it around with your finger. You can also push down on the bowl and if it all feels like a powder without any solid chunks, it is, for the most part, done. Just take smaller tokes and keep some water with you when you toke.

 

lol ya dude its not a super dainty proccess just throw a bud or part of one (depending on bud size)in the bowl put the flame to the weed so its burning and suck then inhale remove finger from carb and stop lightin when u gots urself enough smoke