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smoking out of brass causes lockjaw?

Discussion in 'Apprentice Marijuana Consumption' started by stoner640, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. I've noticed that most people say smoking out of copper will give you lockjaw, but smoking out of brass is safe.

    This makes no sense to me, because brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Since an alloy isn't a chemical reaction, wouldn't brass cause lockjaw too?
     
  2. i hate smoking out of anything metal. tastes bad. just buy yourself some glass dude.
     
  3. ok leme get a little scientific up in hur.

    if i remember correctly, lockjaw is caused by a form of tetanus virus wich is an incredibly resiliant virus. nothing can really kill it unless its a counter agent (i.e vaccine,anti-virus).
    tetanus lives in dirt thats rich in metalic minerals, such as copper, iron, tin, est. the virus is resiliant enough to also withstand major temporatures including being in a metal forge. So it can withstand going from residing in a copper mineral, through the proses of the copper becoming a copper pipe. So thats how tetanus (wich also causes lock jaw) can go from the dirt, to your copper pipe.

    BUT when it comes to brass, brass is made of a fusion of copper as well as other metals, mostly lead or trace ammounts of mercury. mercury is highly toxic to most living things, even single celled organisims (i.e. virus's) so if your pipe is made of brass with its bonding agent being mercury, it should kill the tetanus vires, preventing you from getting lock jaw.
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    i know i probably got alot of facts wrong but this is what i remember from biology class from like 3 years ago. hope it helps
     
  4. this is pretty much what i was gonna say. it SOUNDS about right.
     
  5. I thought lock jaw was what a bitch gets when suckin yer dick?
     
  6. My friend uses a brass french horn mouthpiece as a bowl for a homemade bong, and when I smoke out of it I don't get lockjaw.
     

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