Study finds smoking Cannabis can make you a nicer person.

[Captante]

When I had my last colonoscopy he expressed reluctance to have me have another at a later time, after a few years. But he promised me one more in 5 years. When that time came he refused, saying "what are they going to say when I send someone your age for a colonoscopy?" He said "you're more likely to die from a heart problem than cancer." I figure I should ditch him just for that, although he's refused me other stuff. For instance, I asked to be sent to a physical therapist. I was working out at the gym 3x/week, 1.5 hours each time, also biking+skating to the gym 5 miles each way (I'd stop 1/2 way and lock up my bike and skate the rest of the way to the gym). I had issues!!! He refused, saying PT was just to help recover from specific accident injuries. I told my PT sister and she was just "what???"

If you're anything but completely comfortable trusting your primary-care MD's opinion then you absolutely should make a change. (and based on the lazy/outdated stuff your doc has said to you I'd do it sooner rather than later!)

An well-informed and proactive MD who you have a good relationship with is by far the single most important aspect of getting effective healthcare.

My current primary-care doctor is just "okay" but my cardiologist is the best doctor I've ever personally had and has made a night and day difference in my overall health because he makes the effort to communicate AND listen.

 

[Muse]

If you are using flower you don't want to set it higher than 420 or 430 to minimize combustion. If you are using concentrates you want to max the temp settings. The app is more accurate for flower, plus you can adjust the calibration.

What do you mean by adjusting the calibration?

 

[Captante]

5 Tips and Tricks for the Firefly 2 (tvape.com)

May prove helpful. 🙂

 

[dank69]

What do you mean by adjusting the calibration?

5 Tips and Tricks for the Firefly 2 (tvape.com)

May prove helpful. 🙂

That's a good guide. The calibration I am talking about is what that guide calls power tuning. In my version of the app it is renamed calibration. There is a newer version of the app out but it isn't a direct upgrade so I am slightly nervous to switch when I know mine works fine. They might have changed the name again. It is just a slider that goes from 89%-111% and default should be 100%.

The guide is actually wrong about what this setting does from what most other guides say. It speeds up or slows down how fast you reach the target temperature. It's only really useful for flower. Think of it like wine tasting. You don't just chug the wine; you sniff it, swirl it, sip it, etm. If you dial it down to 89% and set your max temp to 430F you get to taste the full range of flavor of the bud you are vaporizing. If you notice any of your bud charring, dial the max down to 420F.

Definitely stir between hits as well. Use a loose pack and you can just bang the device on your hand a few times to shake it up. They used to give you tools for stirring/cleaning but they might not anymore. I find a toothpick or nail works fine.

If you want to use concentrates there's a whole other process I can detail if you are interested. I do recommend them for efficiency but you are taking a jump from about 30% potency for top-shelf bud to 80-90% potency so it isn't for everyone.

 

[Captante]

If you want to use concentrates there's a whole other process I can detail if you are interested. I do recommend them for efficiency but you are taking a jump from about 30% potency for top-shelf bud to 80-90% potency so it isn't for everyone.

Concentrates even in small quantities and carefully temp-controlled are also much harder on the lungs and throat. (its important to remember that vaping or smoking anything is unhealthy!)

I've 95% switched back to vaping/smoking flower-only and I get far less irritation then I do from vaping oil or especially from dabbing concentrates.

 

[VashHT]

Concentrates even in small quantities and carefully temp-controlled are also much harder on the lungs and throat. (its important to remember that vaping or smoking anything is unhealthy!)

I've 95% switched back to vaping/smoking flower-only and I get far less irritation then I do from vaping oil or especially from dabbing concentrates.

Hmm hasn't been my experience, straight up smoking flower is way more irritating in my experience. I do lower temperature with concentrates though, I don't have an obsession with making huge clouds.

 

[Muse]

This is pretty interesting. I'm not that experienced in medical marijuana, but I'm a little bit surprised that you can get that card if you have, for example, HIV/AIDS or Anorexia. Because as far as I know, people with such diseases ( maybe there can be some very rare conditions), don't have a lot of pain. So what is the need for marijuana

I'm sure that many with AIDS suffer pain. Anorexia is AFAIK mainly a condition that's fueled by attitude issues, insecurities, OCD, and marijuana absolutely can help with unraveling complexes that give rise to these things. Much better than what the pharmaceutical industry puts forth, is my sense of it. However, I have almost no personal experience with those commercially developed drugs, of which there are, I guess, a great many. You know, the ones doctor's prescribe.

 

[Captante]

Hmm hasn't been my experience, straight up smoking flower is way more irritating in my experience. I do lower temperature with concentrates though, I don't have an obsession with making huge clouds.

Lowering temps when vaping/dabbing does help but I still do better smoking flower from a quality glass bong.

The key is having the type of bong that reduces the smoke to "froth" or thousands of tiny bubbles so it gets cooled and filtered effectively. (plus do smallish hits to minimize any coughing)

I find that morning after a baseball game or a party where I bring and use my vape-pen a lot, I'll spend a few minutes coughing up crap where with bong hits I have almost zero issues.

 

[nakedfrog]

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I used to have a very similar one for my nicotine vaping 😛

If you want to get a Med-card in CA it's super-easy and that guy isn't well informed at all. Nearly anyone can get one with next to no effort... all you need is an MD to diagnose you with chronic pain from literally anything. (and there's a LONG list of doc's who do only that FOR CHEAP in CA if you look at the site I linked)

My concern moving forward for you would be that your doctor might be no better informed on other important topics related to your health and could easily be giving you bad/out of date advice on other more critical subjects.

I feel like this is relevant 😀
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This is pretty interesting. I'm not that experienced in medical marijuana, but I'm a little bit surprised that you can get that card if you have, for example, HIV/AIDS or Anorexia. Because as far as I know, people with such diseases ( maybe there can be some very rare conditions), don't have a lot of pain. So what is the need for marijuana

Appetite stimulant.

 

[dank69]

Lowering temps when vaping/dabbing does help but I still do better smoking flower from a quality glass bong.

The key is having the type of bong that reduces the smoke to "froth" or thousands of tiny bubbles so it gets cooled and filtered effectively. (plus do smallish hits to minimize any coughing)

I find that morning after a baseball game or a party where I bring and use my vape-pen a lot, I'll spend a few minutes coughing up crap where with bong hits I have almost zero issues.

Vape pens are different than vaping pure concentrates with something like the Firefly or Volcano.

 

[Captante]

Vape pens are different than vaping pure concentrates with something like the Firefly or Volcano.

Not really.... they just give you finer temp-control and heat up faster plus cost a lot more although they're certainly a lot safer then cheap Chinese knockoffs. (to be fair I've never used a Firefly but I have used a Volcano many times)

The only thing I've found that actually helps smooth things out with concentrates significantly besides lower temps is a bubbler attachment like my Dr Dabber has ... everything else I've tried is second-best.

 

[dank69]

Not really.... they just give you finer temp-control and heat up faster plus cost a lot more although they're certainly a lot safer then cheap Chinese knockoffs. (to be fair I've never used a Firefly but I have used a Volcano many times)

The only thing I've found that actually helps smooth things out with concentrates significantly besides lower temps is a bubbler attachment like my Dr Dabber has ... everything else I've tried is second-best.

Yeah but there are weird additives in those vape pens as well.

 

[Captante]

Yeah but there are weird additives in those vape pens as well.

I only get oil vape-cartridges straight from a medical dispensary now so the really horrific stuff is mostly excluded by law. (and a .5 gram cart lasts me months!) I did however have a few "bootleg" carts several years back that very likely contributed to health problems I've experienced.

At this point I will occasionally buy a gram of "live-sugar" and either use my Dr Dabber or my glass dab-rig with a torch. (MUCH harder to control temps!)

Otherwise the only concentrate I buy is kief which I use to make edibles.

 

[VashHT]

Lowering temps when vaping/dabbing does help but I still do better smoking flower from a quality glass bong.

The key is having the type of bong that reduces the smoke to "froth" or thousands of tiny bubbles so it gets cooled and filtered effectively. (plus do smallish hits to minimize any coughing)

I find that morning after a baseball game or a party where I bring and use my vape-pen a lot, I'll spend a few minutes coughing up crap where with bong hits I have almost zero issues.

Have you tried a water pipe when dabbing as well? Mine is a pretty small one (focus v Carta), but the water seems to cool down the vapor quite a bit, plus it's got good temp control. I typically use wax or budder with that.

One of these days if like to get a much larger glass pipe and convert it to an electronic dabbing rig, I've seen attachments that you can connect to pretty much any pipe you want, of course you could just get a quartz banger and stick it in a bong but I far prefer the precise control of an electronic heater. Torching a banger with torch kinda makes me feel like a crackhead or something.

 

[Pohemi]

Because as far as I know, people with such diseases ( maybe there can be some very rare conditions), don't have a lot of pain. So what is the need for marijuana

Appetite stimulant.

As @nakedfrog stated simply, and @Muse also pointed out...there are other uses besides pain relief. Reducing nausea and stimulating appetite is likely the most common reason to use MMJ besides pain, and more than a few ailments that it could be helpful for. One of the big ones is cancer patients going through chemo so that they're able to eat and keep it down.

 

[Captante]

Have you tried a water pipe when dabbing as well? Mine is a pretty small one (focus v Carta), but the water seems to cool down the vapor quite a bit, plus it's got good temp control. I typically use wax or budder with that.

One of these days if like to get a much larger glass pipe and convert it to an electronic dabbing rig, I've seen attachments that you can connect to pretty much any pipe you want, of course you could just get a quartz banger and stick it in a bong but I far prefer the precise control of an electronic heater. Torching a banger with torch kinda makes me feel like a crackhead or something.

As mentioned I do have a glass dab-rig too. 🙂

Like you said temp-control with a propane torch can be a problem. It's all too easy to end up burning the concentrate instead of "vaporizing" it if you heat the nail a bit too much!

This is what eventually led me to cut loose the purse-strings (lol) for the Dr Dabber. Electric/electronic dab-rigs are far more precise.

 

[Muse]

Finally cranked up my new Firefly 2+ last evening. It appears to work OK. Vaped my 4 year old Sour Diesel, the grower informs me that it was a stellar batch, heavy on the sativa lineage. 2 hits and I was done, was coughing a bunch on 1st hit, then thought taking a longer slower even draw was best. Was slow on 1st, but not slow enough. Didn't cough on 2nd hit but was a struggle not to. Held it in a long time. Had temp via the app about 360 on 1st, about 390 on 2nd. First vape sesh ever.

Seemed like forever before I went to sleep!!!

 

[Captante]

Seemed like forever

It certainly did!!! 😛 😉

Glad you like it! Far as coughing goes some is unavoidable but if you "think small" in terms of vapes/hits/draws and say do 3-4 tiny ones instead of 1-2 huge ones it should be a much smoother experience.

 

[Muse]

It certainly did!!! 😛 😉

Glad you like it! Far as coughing goes some is unavoidable but if you "think small" in terms of vapes/hits/draws and say do 3-4 tiny ones instead of 1-2 huge ones it should be a much smoother experience.

Users say to do long draws, the manufacturer too. 10-15 seconds, even 20 I think some say. The intensity of the hit will then largely depend on how hard you're sucking the gas into your lungs. Of course, a 15 second inhale requires a slow inhale because your lungs have limited capacity anyway. I figure the device's capability to control the convection temperature will be better if the draw is relatively even. Conjecture well served by reason.

 

[Captante]

Users say to do long draws, the manufacturer too. 10-15 seconds, even 20 I think some say. The intensity of the hit will then will largely depend on how hard you're sucking the gas into your lungs. Of course, a 15 second inhale requires a slow inhale because your lungs have limited capacity anyway. I figure the device's capability to control the convection temperature will be better if the draw is relatively even. Conjecture well served by reason.

15-20 seconds hmm? I hope hacking your lungs out is something that you enjoy! (I have not used a firefly but I've used MANY different kinds of vapes)

😛

Try it both ways and see what works best for you. Flower requires a bit longer to heat up then oil or concentrates due to density but 20 seconds for a light user sounds like too much/too big a hit.

Keep in mind that the ideal temp IS key here and it will vary depending on the kind of weed you have. You don't want to crank it up so high that the herb ends up burning but OTOH higher temps work much faster so too low/slow isn't good either.

 

[stargazr]

Didn't see anyone mention live resin vape carts. So, when they make these apparently the terpenes remain, as opposed to the distillate process of common carts. That is where the aroma and taste resides. Definitely tastes better and seems more potent somehow.

 

[Captante]

Didn't see anyone mention live resin vape carts. So, when they make these apparently the terpenes remain, as opposed to the distillate process of common carts. That is where the aroma and taste resides. Definitely tastes better and seems more potent somehow.

I used to get Live Resin @ INSA in Mass... good stuff.

I've see it in a cart but never bought one... I use my electric dab-rig for the rare time I do any concentrate these days.

 

[Muse]

Didn't see anyone mention live resin vape carts. So, when they make these apparently the terpenes remain, as opposed to the distillate process of common carts. That is where the aroma and taste resides. Definitely tastes better and seems more potent somehow.

I have no idea what this is about. live resin vape carts??? Demystify me? Is this a cartridge that goes in some device?

Um, I guess this.

 

[stargazr]

I have no idea what this is about. live resin vape carts??? Demystify me? Is this a cartridge that goes in some device?

Um, I guess this.

It's just a different kind of THC vape cartridge that you screw into a battery.

 

[stargazr]

I have no idea what this is about. live resin vape carts??? Demystify me? Is this a cartridge that goes in some device?

Um, I guess this.

same cartridge type as this