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    Default Vaporizing is much safer than smoking

    Heres something i came across:

    report into the difference in carcinogenic material entering the lungs when vaporizing and smoking are compared.


    Cannabis Vaporizer Combines
    Efficient Delivery of THC
    with Effective Suppression
    of Pyrolytic Compounds
    Dale Gieringer
    Joseph St. Laurent
    Scott Goodrich

    http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/j...ingervapor.pdf

    INTRODUCTION
    Concern about the respiratory hazards of smoking has spurred the development
    of vaporization as an alternative method of medical cannabis
    administration. Cannabis vaporization is a relatively new technology
    aimed at suppressing respiratory toxins by heating cannabis to a temperature
    where cannabinoid vapors form (typically around 180-190°C),
    but below the point of combustion where smoke and associated toxins
    are produced (near 230°C). The purpose of this is to permit the inhalation
    of medically active cannabinoids while avoiding noxious smoke
    compounds that pose respiratory hazards. Of particular concern are
    the carcinogenic polynuclear (or “polycyclic”) aromatic hydrocarbons
    (PAHs), known byproducts of combustion that are thought to be a major
    culprit in smoking-related cancers. While there exists no epidemiological
    evidence that marijuana smokers face a higher risk of smoking-related
    cancers, studies have found that they do face a higher risk of
    bronchitis and respiratory infections (Polen et al. 1993, Tashkin 1993).
    This risk is not thought to be due to cannabinoids, but rather to extraneous
    byproducts of pyrolysis in the smoke.


    The HPLC analysis of the vapor found that the Volcano delivered
    36%-61% of the THC in the sample, a delivery efficiency that compares
    favorably to that of marijuana cigarettes.

    The GC/MS analysis showed that the gas phase of the vapor consisted
    overwhelmingly of cannabinoids, with trace amounts of three other compounds.
    In contrast, over 111 compounds were identified in the combusted
    smoke, including several known PAHs.
    The results indicate that vaporization can deliver therapeutic doses of
    cannabinoids with a drastic reduction in pyrolytic smoke compounds.
    Vaporization therefore appears to be an attractive alternative to smoked
    marijuana for future medical cannabis studies.


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    Vapour rules

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggbox View Post
    Vapour rules
    most def it does..



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    ive never used one or seen one being used...
    so basicly the bud remains the same in looks, but all the goodness is smoked?

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    Nice one op, im gonna buy a vap this week and try an go without tobbaco for 3 months ,see wargwarn... I think i might be allergic to tobaco or something becaues after a heavy sesh my skin plays right up..
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    Ive just quit my fags and brought a volcano, fuckin brilliant, taste the weed better, and man you get wasted....

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbcheeky View Post
    ive never used one or seen one being used...
    so basicly the bud remains the same in looks, but all the goodness is smoked?
    Pretty much - just goes a little browner. Then you can bake with it(or revape at a higher temperature if you're really desp)

    edit: oh and if the volano's getting a word in then I want to get in 2 - HERBORIZER HERBORIZER
    Last edited by Eggbox; 09-05-11 at 08:34 PM. Reason: for the lulz

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    eggbox always gets those words in if he can..its his fav 2 words..lol..well its one word but he is a repeater..




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    The volcano always gets there first.. Yet I always get pulled up for it typical eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggbox View Post
    The volcano always gets there first..
    cos its what number 1's do, "the worlds finest vapoirizer inhale the difference"

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