Marijuana is used for different reasons; medically or for recreational use. Consequently, there are also different ways marijuana is ingested; smoked, eaten or mixed with your favorite beverage.
Smoking is the most common means of using marijuana. It is easy and it gets the user feeling the effect almost immediately.
Although, smoking marijuana is easy, using bongs, pipes or just wrapping it up can cause some health hazards. Don’t get me wrong. I do not advocate the use of medical jargons which have not been proven, just to get people dropping their marijuana habits. I just seek means of using marijuana without it being detrimental to the user.
Using a vaporizer is a better alternative …show more content…
Although, this is not as bad as it is for those who smoke tobacco, it is still a health risk.
Marijuana when smoked releases a lot of carcinogens and tar, known to cause lung irritations and acute bronchitis.
When these researches where carried out, they were conducted on marijuana users who smoked directly rather than using a marijuana vaporizer.
Recent researches on vaporizer users have revealed that this technology has been able to overcome and restrict the bad stuff in marijuana from getting to the lungs of the user.
Vaporizers heat marijuana at a low temperature instead of combusting it, releasing inhalable vapor and removing about 95 percent of smoke and releasing the anti-inflammatory agents; terpenoids. This vapor still contains cannabinoids; the major ingredient needed by medical users and gives the pleasurable feeling most users feel.
Increased dosage
Vaporizers efficiently convert most of the plant material of marijuana into active cannabinoids, increasing the percentage of THC produced.
According to studies, vaporizers produce 46 percent of available THC in marijuana into vapor. Whereas, smoking marijuana directly, produces just 25 percent of