OK....ICers! What the hell is "you have to cough to get off"

[bagseed77]

i said smooth and sneaky, i take lil hits and try not to waste smoke coughing, with that said i generally cough every hit cause im puffing uncured weed, seem the grreedy people puff as much as possible in each toke cause they dont have any or whatever, those are the ones coughing up a lung, or people who smoke bongs, i use a glass spoon pipe, perfect size for me, i usually puff alone and make a gram last all day puffing evry couple hours

 

[swampdank]

If I end up on a coughing episode after a rip, I know I need no more.

I guess it should be "once you cough, you're off"

I never take another hit if I cough like that. My eyes turn red instantly and the buzz slams me. I thought it was just me.

 

[toastfighter2]

I personally hate to cough from smoking. For some reason, every time that I do, my shoulders both start to hurt(and it doesn't just go away, it sticks with me for about an hour or so). Another reason I don't like the idea of it is that it seems like a waste of good weed to just hit it until you cough, and if are smoking my stuff, I will call you Bogart the first time, and then rename you Skip if you pull that crap again(my hydro is pretty smooth without a long cure, but it usually gets one anyway, so you almost have to be hot boxing the joint to have that happen). Ok so call me a weed nazi, I do the same thing if you let my joint run too(minus the Bogart part, because at that point, you just plain suck)

 

[EllieGrows]

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[blynx]

We always called em 'Bong Barfs - The cough that gets you off'

Only happened when someone tried to take a bigger hit than they could handle.

I've never heard someone say you have to cough to get off, that's silly

 

[Puffin13]

This is an old myth from the hippies of the 60's & 70's. It came about from the rush you feel when you cough after you have inhaled too much smoke. There is even a sidebar, about this, in the book HASHISH! by Robert C Clark (pg 241). I, personally, dont believe this to be true. Anyone can feel the effects of Cannabis without coughing. Smoke til you croak.

 

[Lady J'adore]

This thread made me cough a little lol

I have breathing issues so usually coughing leads to discomfort...who likes to be uncomfy ...

 

[theHIGHlander]

I like the oxygen theory, but whan I asked my doctor about it, he said pulling smoke down to the part of your lungs that aren't used much (not caked in tobacco and pot tar) you7 will get higher because your dragging the smoke into the part of your lungs that are not covered in tar, that part of the lung can absorb more of the THC, then it would if you didn't cough...Because the smoke is absorb'd threw the part of your lungs that is caked in Tar.


Go ask a doctor.........It's not like your gonna get in trouble.

Like the idea's though, but if you want to find out the truth, ask a doctor.

Danny

thats what the young chick tells De Niro in Jackie Brown when hes coughing a lung up after hitting the bong lol ....
coughing is good for you

keep it green

 

[bagseed77]

the saying has been around here in the south forever, its " ya dont get off till ya cough "
just something someone sais to not look stupid when they are gagging to death, not rules to live by , just a saying along the lines of, if it dont stank then it aint dank

 

[Chamba]

coughing is nature's way of telling you that you inhaled too much.

....follow this simple technique and you will be able to enjoy smoking, absorb more THC, all without coughing ,

stand or sit upright, head up, shoulders back, spine straight the whole time
do a few slow inhales and exhales
then do a complete exhale as you bring the pipe to your mouth
inhale as you light the pipe
on the exhale, blow smoke rings (optional)

this simple technique works, I've taught first time smokers to hit joints or pipes and not cough once.

 

[mpd]

Every time I gag on a bong hit I end up feeling like a "snootful" just shot itself into my veins so that while I sit around with my lungs on fire, it feels like it will be worth it...

 

[Tonatiuh]

idk if you any higher other then the headrush...but i like the choker strains that expand in the lungs.thems my faves.peace-T-

 

[African herbman]

coughing is nature's way of telling you that you inhaled too much.

....follow this simple technique and you will be able to enjoy smoking, absorb more THC, all without coughing ,

stand or sit upright, head up, shoulders back, spine straight the whole time
do a few slow inhales and exhales
then do a complete exhale as you bring the pipe to your mouth
inhale as you light the pipe
on the exhale, blow smoke rings (optional)

this simple technique works, I've taught first time smokers to hit joints or pipes and not cough once.

Yes bro I agree! It's all about technique. I don't like the pot that burns my lungs/throat anyway cos it usually means smaller hits and who does'nt like huge solid hits bellowing out, obscuring your face from view anyway?

Ah

 

[SacredBreh]

Very cool input..... makes for interesting reading.....

Very cool input..... makes for interesting reading.....

I don't really side one way or another. I, myself always wanted a long slow cure so it was smooth but even then sometimes the expansion of some strains will make me cough a little.

In general medication that has expansion is usually some great stuff but have had others that had no expansion and was great stuff. Even with expansion it doesn't usually make me cough.

I think it is a local preference around here. Not bad or good ......just is. Now if you are in the business of a dispensary it makes a difference about the preference.

Very interesting input. I wonder if we knew approximate areas that we would find trends in different areas.

Peace

 

[SacredBreh]

Coughing is catching up.....

Coughing is catching up.....

It was lagging behind there for awhile but is catching up..... hmmmmmm

Peace

 

[filo6942]

If it doesn't make me cough it generally wasn't worth the flame put to it...

ROFL!!!! I smoke ED and I very very rarely ever cough. Same with my girlfriend, we don't cough on full rips from the vapor either. We have smoked the best genetics here in Norcal.

 

[Pythagllio]

Correalation is not equal to causation. People that smoke get their first headrushes when they're coughing. No need to go further than eating one too many edibles to demonstrate there is no need to cough to get off. No way I get anywhere near as stoned smoking as eating.