Blocked nose affecting insufflation

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Yo, SWIM has had a really bad blocked nose problem for a couple of months due to allergies or something. Anyway, his problem arises when he tries to snort various mind altering substances.

For example, the other day SWIM aquired a couple of pills of identical pills of ecstasy. He crushed one up pretty well, and snorted it as hard as he could. Most of it got in his nose but all he could feel was amild energy and it relaly didn't hit him that well. He took a pill from the same batch a few days laters and just swallowed it and the effects were much more pronounced.

QUESTION: Is SWIM's blocked nose affecting the absorption of the product or is there another reason?