So I was going through news articles and this one pops up: This Garbage
I’m high so I read it. Yeah click bait, I know. Half way through I realized they’re an idiot. The results are not surprising in any way. The finer ground weed delivered more canabinoids per hit because it was burning faster. It did show that the grind matters depending on how you like it to burn, but most smokers already know what kind of grind they like for a joint already. They did have a point that other studies that didn’t take this into account may have a flaw in the system, but that should have already been a no brainer.
Anyways I’m rambling. Anyone else ever stumble onto one of these gems?
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the only thing i dont agree with you is this conclusion.
As far as i understand, when you grind small you increase burnable surface and its burning efficiency (you are burning more surface, not necessarily because it was faster, speed i guess is a byproduct).
I had a sense for this because if you grind small for a flower vaporizer you get more vapor but less flavor, and if you grind coarse, you get less production but more flavor - this has been consistent. BUT I do have to admit, i didnt imagine that this would affect the total thc/cannabinoids inhaled as well. It was an interesting read, its implications seem obvious but, i dunno, wasnt that bad of an article.
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I want to see the 1mm grinder! So what you’re smoking dipping dots? That’s like some crumble shit or dry sift.
No I can’t say as I find articles like that, but aside from the forums I stay offline for the most part.
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Maybe I’m reading it wrong but the way I understood it was it wasn’t changing total cannabinoids inhaled, just the amount per hit. I agree with you on the more burning surface part. Speed is the byproduct.
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i doubt the findings due to the length of the hit variable that wasn’t mentioned at all. the longer it stays in your lungs, the more thc you absorb from the smoke. i used to argue with a good friend that held it for as long as he could while i didn’t. my reasoning was that there were only so many cilia that absorbed the thc and once they were full it was pointless to hold the smoke, not realizing that he was right because every heartbeat traded thc-filled cilia with the blood vessels and emptied the cilia to absorb more. i’d be interested in seeing a study that tested the actual absorbtion rate or rate of delivery of the thc.
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This can’t be right because when my weed get so old and turns to dust it doesn’t get me high at all.
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i’ve always avoided using a grinder due to not wanting to lose the trichromes. i would think that you would lose a lot when they leave, but of course that is just a thought.
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