Using Bongs for Legal Highs

The term “bong” tends to conjure images of stoned undergraduates, laughing gormlessly and talking drug induced claptrap. But bongs aren’t exclusively for the use of illegal drugs – you can experience perfectly legal highs by using them.

The principal behind them is simple: fumes are inhaled only after they have passed through a vessel of water, a process which is believed to enhance the smoothness of the flavour and experience of smoking, much more so than, say, using a traditional pipe.  So, completely legal substances such as tobacco can be passed through a bong.

The water cools the fumes and partially filters them as they pass through it, absorbing some of the more toxic substances before the burned gases reach the smoker’s mouth and lungs (other liquids besides water can be used).  It would, however, be a mistake to conclude that smoking with a bong is a risk-free business: it does not make smoking tobacco, for instance, safe – it merely cools the smoke and removes some, not all, of the toxins.

Because the principal is so simple, making bongs depends entirely on the creativity and ingenuity of the individual who wants to try the experience out.  If cash-strapped students can fabricate them at the drop of a hat, anyone can.  Generally speaking, though, most people tend to buy them ready-made just for convenience.  They vary from exquisitely well-crafted and elegant hand-blown glass water pipes (although these tend to be on the expensive side) to functional, acrylic mass-produced versions and relatively cheap “travel” bongs.

Posted in Bongs, Legal Highs, Smoking by jungle at November 13th, 2010.
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