| There are all sorts of ways to take cannabis. From | | | | atmosphere. |
| joints to bongs, cakes to vaporizers - people have | | | | Hookah pipes have been around for centuries and if |
| different preferences depending on their desired effect | | | | you get the opportunity to try one, you'll understand |
| and/ or health issues. | | | | why they've remained so popular. The hit is |
| Joints | | | | exceptionally smooth and the tobacco flavours are |
| Of course, the most traditional and widely used | | | | very pleasing. Also, you can now buy tobacco free |
| method is the good old fashioned spliff. There is | | | | mixes which are a healthier choice and certainly just |
| something ritualistic about rolling marijuana cigarettes. | | | | as satisfying. |
| The preparation itself is a wonderful precursor to the | | | | Hash Cakes |
| relaxation felt after a couple of tokes. It is popular | | | | Some people don't like to smoke at all but they enjoy |
| among lone smokers and in social gatherings. Rolling a | | | | the effects of cannabis, so they choose to eat it |
| joint is quite a personal thing. Each person has his or | | | | instead. There are many different recipes around for |
| her own individual method of rolling and they will have | | | | hash cakes. In fact, you can pretty much take any |
| their own ideal ratio of hash or weed and tobacco. | | | | cake recipe and add hash or weed to it to get what |
| Cannabis joints come in myriad shapes and sizes. | | | | you want. Chocolate works especially well with hash |
| There are even books on different joint constructions! | | | | because it blends well with the flavour. |
| Some slang words for a cannabis joint include "bifta", | | | | WARNING!!! Eating cannabis has a much stronger |
| "booda", "doobie", "fat one", "happy cigarette", "J", | | | | effect than smoking it!!!! It takes longer to hit you but it |
| "reefer", "spliff" and "zoot". | | | | also lasts a long, long time. A lot of people eat too |
| Bongs | | | | much before they realise they've over done it and end |
| Bongs are used primarily to get a very intense hit from | | | | up being stoned for days!!! Anyone experimenting with |
| smoking cannabis. But using this method has other | | | | this should be very, very cautious about quantities of |
| advantages for the cannabis smoker. It is highly | | | | hash or weed. |
| economical and some say it is less damaging to your | | | | Pipes |
| lungs, although this last claim is debatable. | | | | A time-honoured tradition - the smoking pipe - is used |
| Bongs are often home made from bottles, or other | | | | worldwide for smoking cannabis and will never go out |
| household vessels. They can also be purchased legally | | | | of fashion! It's very practical for one-hit usage or social |
| from many shops around the UK and throughout most | | | | occasions and rituals (the peace-pipe, used by native |
| of the rest of the world, regardless of laws against | | | | Americans is a great example of this). It is more |
| cannabis smoking. | | | | economical than smoking joints because there is less |
| Some people believe that smoking through bongs is | | | | smoke wastage and you also don't take in any |
| healthier than smoking joints because you are not | | | | carcinogens from burned paper. |
| taking in any carcinogens from rolling papers. But the | | | | There are some great stealth (disguise pipes) pipes on |
| impact is very hard on the lungs. Smoking cannabis | | | | the market today for people who smoke on the move. |
| through a bong is definitely economical because you | | | | Traditional Indian pipes are also ever-popular. |
| don't waste as much smoke between tokes. | | | | Vaporizers |
| But by far the most economical and healthy way to | | | | The vaporizer is without doubt the most economical |
| take cannabis today is with a vaporizer (see below). | | | | and healthy was to take cannabis in this modern time. |
| Hookah Pipes | | | | Basically, there is no smoke involved. A vaporizer will |
| A hookah pipe (or shisha pipe) is a traditional eastern | | | | only heat up cannabis and what you inhale is pure |
| smoking device. It's often called a "hubbly-bubbly" | | | | vapour. The best thing is that the chemicals in cannabis |
| because of the sound it makes as you inhale. It is an | | | | that make you feel very lethargic - the CBDs - don't |
| ornate and colourful pipe with a glass base and | | | | vaporize at the temperature you use, however the |
| several hoses for multiple users. The glass base is | | | | chemical that gets you high - the THC - does. So you |
| filled with water (that's what makes the noise as you | | | | get all the fun and none of the couch slouch! |
| toke) and the smoking mixture is usually a fruit | | | | They can be pricey, but as more are being |
| molasses mix, sometimes blended with cannabis. | | | | manufactured, cost is coming down. And anyway, you |
| Smoking a hookah pipe is a very sociable practice, | | | | make your money back in no time because you don't |
| associated with happy relaxation among friends and | | | | need to use much cannabis to get a strong effect. |
| often it's a good way to make new friends. Hookah | | | | There are a few budget range ones that work really |
| pipes are found in many eastern cafes where you can | | | | well. And if you want to give up smoking, vaporizers |
| sit back and lounge on big cushions and float away | | | | are the answer. |
| surrounded by vibrant decoration and a good | | | | |