Health - SWIY has one ounce every 2 months - do you smoke it heavily or steadily?

[FuBai]

Firstly I apologise if this has already been asked before, but I had difficulty finding any results using the search engine:

My question is this - let's take a hypothetical scenario in which SWIY has one ounce (and only one) to use over the period of 2 months. SWIY cannot buy anymore within 62 days of buying one. What is it better (in health terms) for swiy to do - smoke it heavily for, say, two weeks (or however long it takes SWIY to get through it using it at every available opportunity), or does he reserve it and smoke less but use it every day throughout the period? Is it more damaging to smoke less but every day than to smoke heavily for a shorter period and then be drug free for several weeks? Does heavy but intermittent use reduce or increase damage to the lungs etc as opposed to lighter but more regular use?

What about a scenario in which he has, say, an eighth (3.5g) in seven days. Should he smoke a joint a day over the entire week or smoke the whole lot in a couple of days and then hold off for the rest of the week?

I'm really not talking about the type of high/reduction in tollerance etc. This is not about the best way to get the most/greatest pleasure out of SWIY's cannabis, but purely the effects of these different methods of use when exactly the same amount is consumed over a set period of time on bodily health? It is probably reasonable to debate the likleyhood of addiction (such as there may be said to be any) developing as this has an impact on future health, although addiction is probably not a serious worry in regards to cannabis (although you may choose to dispute this).

This is a question that has been asked of me by a friend who tends to buy one ounce every 2 months (using the money from every other pay check that is not earmarked for other purposes - i.e. Jan: Buy, Feb: No buy, March: Buy etc.). She often finds that she goes at it, uses it up in a couple of weeks and then doesn't use anything for the rest of the period before she buys another. She asked me whether this was better for her health as opposed to smoking the same ammount but over a longer period of time (i.e. 0.45g a day for 62 days). Not knowing the answer to this I put it to you.

[doublezero]

Swim thinks it is best to smoke it all then give it a rest. This will give the lungs time to clean themselves as best they can.

[lightworker]

SWIM smokes everyday like He wont live to see tomorrow, cuz one never knows.

[AddyCrazy]

SWIM would smoke it fairly steadily with some occassional binges and then occasional break for a week or so.

[Matt The Funk]

An ounce isn't enough...even of high quality. Too many variables factor in to make a decision for someone else.
EDIT: Whoops other answers skewed mine. Well smoke in general is bad for you. I don't think it would make much of a difference except a little more phlegm and the like.

[kalininin]

So swiys health is at question mainly.....an interesting though unusual argument.
swim says: spread it out [maybe skip a day or 2 sometimes]. swiy'll have the benefit of having the wonder of 'clear thought' daily, thats very cool. forget health issues, cuz it'll be just as healthy one way or theother.

[Nature Boy]

SWIM smokes daily and likes a toke before going to bed so if it was one oz. over the course of two months, he would smoke it gradually. He likes to look at it the same way one should look at alcohol. One is much better off drinking two glasses of wine a day rather than getting absolutely hammered one night a week. Obviously the same toxicity factors aren't involved but the habit of binging excessively, going clean, binging excessively again etc. isn't generally healthy. It's a lot like these types that put on weight through bad diet and hit a crash course detox routine afterwards in order to balance things out (Hatton vs. Mayweather comes to mind). Jutting up and down suddenly seems far more destructive than actually enjoying something and balancing its use. Of course, we're talking cannabis here, so besides the heavy lungs, notable physical reactions aren't that common.

[purplehaze]

28grams divided by 62 days = 0.45161290322580645161290322580645 grams per day.

Simple answer, smoking a .5g bowl every day for 62 days would not cause many health issues IMO.

The lungs clear themselfs at a rapid pace, if smokers smoked 1 cigarrette a day it is questionable if there would ever be any sever health effects from the smoke.

Addiction would occur within the 62 days of solid smoking, at a time of quiting the user might feel slight mood swings and light depression for what i would say around 3 days because of the light smoking; possibly and actually easily plaudible is no side effects from quiting cold turkey only using this low of an ammount.

Personally my friend phaze would enjoy a stronger high, using 2-3 grams a day on weekends for pleasure would probably be the way he conserved if he was concerned with health issues.

If Phaze had to map out a smoking ruitine, considering he is a heavy smoker who smokes every day it would be easily for even him to go into a pattern of smoking like .5g every other day and 2-3 grams a day on weekends. Mapping out this exact ammount for pleasure would be sad, but probably a .5g bowl on wednesday and maybe monday, leaving a higher ammount for weekends.

This is simply not enough, phaze would end up quitting smoking, saving up the majority and smoking out, leaving him sad that he has none and doing without until he could buy more.

Final verdict, buy larger ammounts of cheaper weed, find better sources.

[gotabeer12]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

Final verdict, buy larger ammounts of cheaper weed, find better sources.

Or... get a second job.


But, as far as health is concerned. It would seem to me that smoking 1/4 oz every other week would be good so you are clearing your head on a fairly frequent basis.

If you could only smoke 1/2 gram a day that kinda sucks. That limits you to two smoking sessions. So the only viable time to smoke would be at like 9pm and than again at 11pm. At least for SWIM.

[FuBai]

Originally Posted by gotabeer12

Or... get a second job.


But, as far as health is concerned. It would seem to me that smoking 1/4 oz every other week would be good so you are clearing your head on a fairly frequent basis.

If you could only smoke 1/2 gram a day that kinda sucks. That limits you to two smoking sessions. So the only viable time to smoke would be at like 9pm and than again at 11pm. At least for SWIM.

Money isn't the real issue. She wants to keep her intake down to 1 oz every 2 months - if she wanted to buy three times that she wouldn't really have a problem doing so, she is simply worried about the damage that smoking does to her and she doesn't want to get that annoying persistant cough that cigarettes and marijuana seem to give.

[AddyCrazy]

If health is at issue one would also purchase higher quality marijuana because for 1. less is actually smoked to get the same high 2. the high is a much better and satisfying which will probably make you smoke less but also SWIM feels they don't leave you as hazey feeling 3. Usually brick weed and the like has chemicals sprayed on it or isn't properly flushed etc while high quality is and is dried/cured better making for a cleaner smoke. Also SWIM would not smoke it in a joint or blunt at all. He would say that bubbler or regular pipe would be best health wise, SWIM didn't say bong because those usually end up making people inhale more so there ends up being more tar and shit entering the lungs anyway even after being filtered. Of course if you vaporized it or consumed edibles there are no health effects outside of minor mentals ones like forgetfulness or hazeyness for some.

[purplehaze]

Originally Posted by FuBai

Money isn't the real issue. She wants to keep her intake down to 1 oz a month

1oz a month is a complete different story than 1oz every 2 months. 28 grams in 30 days vs 28 grams in 62 days OP

In 30 days swiy should be able to manage out an ammount, even if swiy had to weigh it out in seperate bags that way she would limit herself.

[FuBai]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

1oz a month is a complete different story than 1oz every 2 months. 28 grams in 30 days vs 28 grams in 62 days OP

In 30 days swiy should be able to manage out an ammount, even if swiy had to weigh it out in seperate bags that way she would limit herself.

typo - I meant 2 months.

[dominix]

Imo swim should buy a vapourizer, then swim can smoke to his hearts content and be confident in the knowledge that vapourizing is MUCH MUCH healthier than smoking!

[afarmer]

I think the best thing for your friend to do would be to smoke it all quickly and enjoy it a lot for say 3 or 4 days.

It would probably be better for the lungs, although maybe not for the head, and it would save on munchies food. Imagine having crazy munchies every night.

[DJ Dougpound]

SWIM goes through about the same amount in the same amount of time. If SWIY gets himself a bat and ration out small amounts in a box, that SWIY can smoke all day every day and make it

[5150]

If swim likes to get high and is worried about her health then look for smoking alternatives such as edibles and vaporizers. The high is different when vaporizing and before purchasing a vaporizer swim should test one if possible to see if they enjoy the effects.

[enderalex420]

swim would space it out w/ the occasional "blazer day" hahaa