Smoking / Vaporizing Flower
Smoking Flower
Smoking is quite possibly the most common way of consuming cannabis and has been for a long time. The basic science behind smoking flower is in the combustion reaction that takes place when you put a flame to the cannabis. The combustion reaction decarboxylates the cannabis, which extracts the cannabinoids in a way so that our bodies can absorb them.
Cannabis Smoking devises
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Chillum
Chillums are a type of glass smoking devise that has a bowl and a mouth piece. You put cannabis in the bowl light and pull. Simple as that. It’s very similar to a joint or rolled item in this way.
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Rolled items
Joints, spliffs, and Blunts are the most common types of rolled items. Joints are just cannabis and paper while spliffs and blunts incorporate tobacco into the mix. These are a classic method of flower consumption.
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Water Pipe / Bong
Generally characterized by a down stem and water percolation, the bong or politically correct water pipe is a great method of smoking large rips and cooling them down by filtering it through water. Experienced smokers will smoke out of these but all are welcome and encouraged to get into them too!
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Bowl
A glass pipe that adds a carb hole near the base of the bowl. This acts as a shotgun hole. Once the desired hit is obtained, just pull your finger off the carb hole and PRESTO!
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Bubbler
Bubblers are very similar to water pipes as they both use water filtration to cool down the smoke. Bubblers, however are generally all one piece where as water pipes generally come in separate pieces (down stem) Bubblers are known for their ability to percolate very effectively and create a high consistency of bubbles that gives this piece its name sake.
Vaporizing Flower
What is Vaporizing?
Another way to achieve the decarboxylation of cannabis flower is by vaporizing your cannabis. Vaporizing or vaping is a much healthier alternative to smoking as it does not require a combustion reaction to extract the cannabinoids preferring to heat the plant to the correct temperature to decarboxylate (decarb) the cannabis. Basically by vaping you are baking your cannabis and inhaling those “baked” cannabis vapors.
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This is what I would consider your old school flower vaporizer. This is a big machine with a heater and a fan. These devises heat up then push that hot air through the cannabis chamber, baking the cannabis and pushing the extracted vapors into a bag or directly into the mouth. These were highly popular in the older days and has fallen in favor to the other alternernative.
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Handheld vapes are the new edition to the flower vaporizing game. These devises are highly portable and generally directly pulled from the devise. These machines are generally small enough to fit in someone’s pocket. Flower vapes can be and are generally temperature controlled to optimize the cannabis vapor consumers and patients receive. Now that vaporizers have moved to a more portable route the options in this category are vast so there must be one specific to your needs!
