Getting High in a Nice Way

For some people, the term ‘getting high’ conjures up images of needles and broken humanity, and it is easy to forget that getting high is a national and perfectly normal preoccupation, as you can witness in any pub at any time.  Although it probably isn’t the term that would be chosen by the average drinker, it is arguable when you see ordinary folks staggering in the street and collapsing in the gutter on Saturday nights that getting high pleasantly on traditional herbal essences is preferable to getting legless at the local pub.

It is also a lot healthier.  Forget about lung and throat cancer and cirrhosis of the liver.  The equipment used to get legally high on plant products, such as bongs and vaporisers, is designed to filter out the harmful toxins in the smoke.  In the case of bongs this is achieved through the use of water, which cools the smoke as well as filtering out the harmful elements; with vaporisers, the plant material doesn’t quite combust but gives off an aromatic vapour, so vaporisers are generally considered the safest method of inhaling plant products.

Although vaporisers are a modern innovation, now widely used in aromatherapy, bongs have a long history, and in fact the term ‘bong’ comes from Thailand where it is used to describe any tubular bamboo object.  The materials may have changed, with acrylics, aluminium and glass now used in their manufacture, but the principle remains the same.

Posted in Bongs, Herbal Highs, Legal Highs by jungle at March 20th, 2011.
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