I Think Marijuana Should Be Legalized

Ever since I learned about dabbing - I haven't smoked weed. Dabbing, for those of you that haven't heard - is like weed concentrate - even more so than hash. It's very purified, usually using a butane extraction. I have my bachelor's degree in biology, so I have done many laboratory experiments that helped me learn how and why all this stuff works. It's very interesting and I lament the fact I didn't figure this science out myself like 2 decades ago. Anyway - I only dab now, and dabbing makes my lungs feel AMAZING.
I used to smoke, roughly 5 complete 2 gram blunts per day. That was a good day, but 3 would be the minimum. If you shopped wisely, it wasn't that expensive, I even found this spot that prerolled them with really nice flower.
Anyway now I smoke maybe a half a gram or less, and I don't smell at all. The BIGGEST benefit is that there isn't an ashtray. My table has been COVERED with ashes for years, and it's because I get lazy and ash on the table. I'd always ensure to have a table with a raised edge - so it would essentially make a huge ashtray. Then I could just vacuum right off the table! Easy and convenient, but it made a MESS of anything, and God forbid there be a strong draft in the room.

But now - heaven... I love dabbing. If you smoke - catch up and get healthy!

Tvxhed · 41-45, M

@drummer yes, it's essentially a special pipe... It's called a "rig." It comes from the term "oil rig" since that is a thing. Rig is also term for a device, so when BHO appeared on the scene (wax, shatter, also known as butane hash oil) the stones grabbed onto the "oil" word. So the pipes became known as rigs. It's a bong that combines a bong with a method of instant vaporization - similar to the old method of "hot knifing"... There are many different versions for how the heat gets applied. My favorite is an enail and quartz banger... Just a soldering revoltage station connected to a thermostat and digital readout, and the heating coil is wrapped around a bucket on a tube made of quartz. That way the bucket is heated to a constant temperature, and the tube is attached to your rig.

Isn't science fun? You should get me talking about blasting! Aka using the butane to dissolve the good stuff from weed! You use this pipe bomb like device, lol... That's why everyone keeps exploding when they don't know what they are doing. (I went to college for laboratory stuff and I designed my system with the help of my good friend that is a doctor of chemical engineering. We not only made my system. We designed a backup in case butane laws change! Lol. We weren't the only ones who had the idea though... Enter, Pho... )

Tvxhed · 41-45, M

Great name silmarilion... I think using a bong, in either realm is a good idea. I have HEARD that it's better (aka healthier) to smoke a joint, but I don't know how accurate that truly is.
I use a rig (the one pictured is my favorite one) but they are bong versions for smoking wax. They just tend to design them a bit smaller than the flower (aka weed) versions.
If you smoke flower, use a bong - unless a vaporizer will satisfy you. I have tried all of the types and I never was a big fan. The party bag volcano was a usual preference among those though.

Just for any real old school puffers out there - dabbing and rigs are just a bong and/or modern version of 'hot knifing'... That was how we used to smoke hash a bunch in the old days. You heat 2 butter knives until they are red hot - then put a funnel (usually a cut-off top of a 2-liter soda bottle) in your mouth - press a cube of hash between the red hot knives, but below the funnel. I don't know if it's really called 'chasing the dragon' at this point... You pretty much catch it, unless it's windy. 8D