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Why marijuana smokers cough up black phlegm and cigarette smokers do not:

Discussion in 'Apprentice Marijuana Consumption' started by Phoggy, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. Yeah whenever I stop smoking my lungs seem to get sore, lots of coughing and black shit

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  2. Wow, good to know.. Thanks for the post.
     
  3. Once in a while when right after I smoke some bud, I will cough up literally a mouthful of shit.
     
    So fucking gross but wow, feels like I have virgin lungs again.  It feels so much clearer and I can take a deep breath like never before.
     
  4. thanks for this, this just happened to me and i was a little worrried and now i find out its the weed helping me get shit out of my lungs.
     
  5. Marijuana smoke also creates resin in the lungs that the body can absorb unlike tar from tobacco that is sticky and covers up the alveoli and causes tons of problems.

    In synergy with the bronchi dilating effects of pot smoke, coughing from the smoke causes the alveoli to open up and expand letting out the junk.

    A lot of nasty stuff comes up especially after some heavy coughing for me.

    I love bud.
     
  6. Black phlegm isn't always necessarily a good thing y'all. Pretty sure it can mean there's some old blood in your lungs, which is not good, or even some sort of infection. 95% of the time it is probably just your lungs cleaning themselves, but I wouldn't dismiss it as nothing if it keeps happening! Could be a warning sign for something worse.
     
  7.   lol, been a smoker of pot for nearly two decades, and I've NEVER hacked up black phlegm.
     
     
     It could be that you hit the pipe alot, and accidentally inhale ash.   regardless if habits, i would definitely see a specialist about this black shit you're coughing up.
     
  8. I haven't used tobacco in 15 years but have continued to smoke pot. I have recently started to cough up black phlegm. I am uneasy about this (I have switched to a vape, still not easing up, should I just consider using only butter or ingestible type MJ?) and this just don't seem like it would ever be a good thing. I do have a doctor's appointment but was glad to have read this. My lungs could be cleaning themselves but I would be appreciative if someone who is knowledgeable in this matter please try to explain it again in detail to this post. Thank you.
     
     
  9. I have noticed since my at least year of daily smoking that i wake up with a nasty mucusy type cough that goes away after about 30 mins. 
     
  10. #70 morange, Jan 1, 2014
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    This is very true, I smoke both cannabis and cigarettes, though whenever I take a big bong hit then go outside and smoke a cigarette, I'll be noticeably clearing phlegm from my airways, and I find I can always breathe easier after.
     
     
    EDIT: it's definitely not black phlegm though, usually it's yellow tinted but more colorless like saliva.
     
  11. #71 RJ42, Jun 19, 2014
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    This is a bit late, but oh well...
     
    I NEVER smoke tobacco. Cigarettes, hookah, ect.
     
    The ONLY smoke that ever enters my lungs is pot. I cough up greyish particles in my spit a pretty good amount. Almost always after eating greasy type of food.
    I can say with absolute certainty that you don't need to be smoking tobacco to get this symptom. Pretty gross.
     
    Anyone that doesn't cough up black particles, you're either swallowing the mucous coming from your lungs, or you're smoking so much that your cilia are not function properly. This is why when some of you quit smoking, you get more particles in your mucous. Less smoke = more time for your cilia to repair and clear out the tar in your lungs.
     
    Clearing it out is certainly a good thing, but nobody should have tar in their lungs. I personally don't smoke much anymore to avoid this problem. Grosses me out thinking about all the tar in my otherwise healthy lungs.
    I love marijuana, but smoking copoius amounts of anything is going to be bad for you...
     
  12. i cough up thick black resin every couple hours. its starting to affect my taste.
     
  13. NEVER had black phlegm

    and I smoked alot.... A LOT
     
  14. Consider yourself lucky. Its a burden constantly coughing especially the taste when u cant spit it out lol.
     
  15.  
    Switch to concentrates if you can. I used to cough up every hour or so even with bongs in the rotation. I cough up nothing now.
     
  16. Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind.
     
  17. Yeah, ive never coughed up black. I smoke both cigs and weed. I've coughed up yellowish, greenish, even reddish but never black. And allot of times it tastes like resin. Lol
     

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