I quit. Black phlegm question.

[Harinama]

really wish folks would stop "smoking" cannabis all together and vape. I bonged it for decades until my lungs could no longer absorb the smoke. They really were "hashed". After i switched to vaping, i have zero issues with imbibing as much as i want everyday, and the high is MUCH better, more up and energetic. I also stopped having as many headaches, and my asthma is much better.

Please, for your health, VAPE!

 

[bobblehead]

the crushed ice will trap the crap-trust i-just look at the ice after a few rips
ice=no phlegm imo
but this guys been "clean" for over a month-its time to go to the doc imo-anything from bronchitis to worse

a month means nothing. The cilia need to first grow back, then they begin to clean up the lungs. This process can take several months to several years depending on how long to person was a smoker. 2-4 weeks later is when this stuff should start to come up.

I am not a doctor, but imo, it's perfectly normal.

If someone who was still smoking started coughing this stuff up... well now that's a sign of serious damage...

 

[longearedfriend]

I don't smoke anymore and I don't have it anymore

I smoked for at least 5-6 years

and pretty heavily the last 2-3

If I would smoke a joint though, the next morning I would hack up black stuff still

( that happened some time ago )

 

[Zen Master]

I take a couple bong hits, several times a day.
Usually about 10-15 mins after smoking I can hack up a little tiny bit of grey phlegm, and it's like it has been pushed up to the top of my lungs/throat, as I can feel it when I breathe and that's how I know it's time to hack it up.
To me it feels like my lungs instantly begin cleaning out the impurities, and move them to the top to be spit out.

yep, me too.

it ranges from greyish to straight up resin-in-the-pipe black. Usually only within the last hour of smoking will I hack anything up, drinking milk or eating ice cream, I'm assuming that means dairy products in general, sometimes make it happen a bit quicker.

I used to freak out at it, but I kinda think of it as my lungs gettin rid of any junk asap.

try this out, take a paper towel and put it over the top of your bong, take a hit (during the middle of your hit, it might seem harder to pull/clear, slide the paper towel a couple inches in any direction and keep on ripping). Yeah all that nasty junk you see right there is the same stuff you inhale.

 

[Skyhigh420]

From a PhD in Botany that loves to toke the green herb:

There are 50 hydrocarbons is cannabis. Hydrocarbons are carcinogenic, although have never been proven to cause cancer in the amounts inhaled (one of the big scare tactics used is to associate cannabis smoke with cigarette smoke..this is like comparing apples and oranges. In fact it is nicotine and other chemicals like Benzene and Formaldehyde in cigarettes that cause the cancer, not the hydrocarbons aka tar) in a normal "dose".

Cannabis has 483 chemicals, including the 50 hydrocarbons, and 80 of which are cannabinoids, which are synergistic and unique to cannabis and none of which are toxic. Cannabis is also an expectorant, which means it cleans out your lungs. You ever cough and get brown residue in your lungs? That's a combo of all the cannabis resin plus ALL of the crap in the air we inhale.

 

[Pointswest]

The black streaks are a combination of the tars and the carbon from the burning butane from the lighter. Hold a lighter under a spoon and you will see how much carbon is generated from the combustion by-products. Your lungs are expelling this with the mucus.

 

[Zen Master]

The black streaks are a combination of the tars and the carbon from the burning butane from the lighter. Hold a lighter under a spoon and you will see how much carbon is generated from the combustion by-products. Your lungs are expelling this with the mucus.

I have a hakko, sometimes I just say fuckit and still use a bic just due to ease or location, but I'll give this a try. granted i'm almost dry right now and inbetween crops. I'll see if straight hakko no butane affects the wake n bake phlem.

 

[whodare]

From a PhD in Botany that loves to toke the green herb:

There are 50 hydrocarbons is cannabis. Hydrocarbons are carcinogenic, although have never been proven to cause cancer in the amounts inhaled (one of the big scare tactics used is to associate cannabis smoke with cigarette smoke..this is like comparing apples and oranges. In fact it is nicotine and other chemicals like Benzene and Formaldehyde in cigarettes that cause the cancer, not the hydrocarbons aka tar) in a normal "dose".

Cannabis has 483 chemicals, including the 50 hydrocarbons, and 80 of which are cannabinoids, which are synergistic and unique to cannabis and none of which are toxic. Cannabis is also an expectorant, which means it cleans out your lungs. You ever cough and get brown residue in your lungs? That's a combo of all the cannabis resin plus ALL of the crap in the air we inhale.

i can support this theory with my current condition...

i quit smoking cigs 3-5 weeks ago, havent been keeping track...

anyways within the last week i have begun coughing up tar, especially when i smoke weed, which is on a daily basis, prolly 2 grams or so...

regardless if it doesnt clear up after a week or two id see a doctor but blood is what you really need to worry about

 

[Natural]

I cough up black shit all the time. Doesn't bother me though. I figure I smoke a pack of cigs a day and probably 2grams of bud, my lungs probably don't like that.
It doesn't bother me though. Just a side effect of my habits.

 

[SacredTHCRitual]

lets not forget the most important thing!!

staying hydrated while smoking is key


drink as much water as you can through out the day especially while blazing before and after...your body needs water specifically to flush out the crap..

I think a bong is better than a straight pipe or joint but if you were really worried about your lungs you wouldn't be smoking anything...possibly vape?? i'd say if I wanted to be health conscious i'd say F it and just start using cannabis edibles, they are stronger than smoking when they are made right imo.


when i smoked cigarettes, cigars and harder drugs thats when I'd cough up blood and brown yellow green flem from time to time..as soon as I took those out of the equation and just smoked weed, I would cough all the crap up and never had the same problem again

good luck