Herbal Vaporizer ReviewsEverything There is to Know About Herbal Vaporizers

Question:
Some information for you before you formulate your answer: I smoked weed for 11 years and decided to quit because of motivational issues, some bad first-time experiences and research on psychosis and schizophrenia. I have now been quit for over three months, and am thinking about starting up again but only on a very occasional basis and only via vaporizer.
Basically I am concerned about a few things, and I ask that you think before you answer and not provide shallow and degrading answers just to earn points or what-not.
I am quite educated on the ins and outs of marijuana consumption and have spent hours upon hours researching information regarding cannabis use, etc.
What I have found is that there is no conclusive evidence to basically anything related to marijuana, some of the studies I have read had some major inconsistencies as well as wording issues which I believe many regular or non-scientists may have a difficult time understanding or catching the errors. In some cases I found researchers making unsubstantiated claims which can be summed up like: “marijuana consumption causes schizophrenia or schizophrenia causes marijuana consumption”, this makes no sense and seems like a play on words. I have also found it interesting when research findings link correlation findings and state them as a causal relationship between marijuana consumption and mental illness, basically stating that smoking marijuana causes mental illness, however the studies don’t actually say this, this is said to the lay people in simple terms. And I believe that when you’re out looking for a relationship between marijuana use and an illness, you will find it, as that is what they are focusing on, and being that these studies are often times government funded or sanctioned, they have specific reasoning behind the expected outcome.
Now, I am not here to argue any points, I simply want to let you know that I smoked way too much marijuana, some would call this abusive behavior, or over consumption. What I found is that, back in school days, my grades went down, I had anxiety issues begin to develop, and found that my first experience with smoking it, was relative to a mild psychotic episode. Now, understanding that there are no true and conclusive research findings on the subject, I don’t necessarily want to risk anything.
Also I do want to mention that what I’ve found is that when smoking marijuana on a consistent basis, daily, especially multiple times per day, seemed to effect motivation and sociability. I felt like I was becoming a-motivational and no longer cared for important life issues.
Quitting was very difficult after such a long time and anyone who says that marijuana isn’t addictive in the mental as well as physical aspect, may not truly know what they are talking about as I experienced and also researched this to find hundreds if truly not thousands of people experiencing very similar often scary similarities in their quits.
I had terrible nightmares for over a week, irritability, smelled like a rotten clam, excessive sweating from every pore in the body, bad blood-flow to the extremities and more. So I do not doubt it’s addictive properties, etc.
MY QUESTION: Does anyone know if vaporizing marijuana to consume in small doses on a once per week to once per month basis safe as per motivation, mental and general health.
I love the herb and would love to be back smoking it if at all possible to NOT fall back into the old pattern and to be able to keep it at a reasonable and not life-altering level.
I would think this is possible, being that I personally know of a multitude of people who smoke and hold rather successful positions in life, are able to study, and live productive lives. I am however concerned of the possibility of developing mental illness in the future.
Many of the studies show that marijuana consumption effects people predisposed to mental illness, I don’t know if I am one of those unfortunate people. Other studies state that people who aren’t even predisposed to mental illness raise their chances of development by some huge figures. Others claim that starting to smoke marijuana at an early age worsens the situation. Unknowingly, I started to smoke at an early age, under 18.
I apologize for the diatribe and hope I have not dissuaded anyone from reading through and trying to provide an answer.
Thank you very much for your time.
PS. My Yahoo ID was created a long time ago and does not express much of who I truly am.
In response to Amber Renee:
I am not trying to escape anything, it is not there to motivate me, it sounds like you didn’t take the time to actually read the entire “question”.
You see after three months of not smoking, I have no withdrawals, nor any pull towards it, so no, it is not hard and I am not coping out. Your reasoning seems unsubstantiated.

Thanks for attempting.
In response to fonzie343:
Thanks for your input, however again I am not thinking of starting back up for any type of motivational issues, I’m guessing that maybe the question/title may be misleading people into thinking this, however what I am wondering is if smoking again will deteriorate motivate as it has in the past, keeping in mind that I used to over do it and now plan on keeping it to a very mild and seldom regime.

However I do agree if I understand you correctly, in the possibility of being able to control it so it doesn’t turn into a habit.

Thanks again for your input.
In response to nikki2200:

Thank you for taking the time to provide your explanation. Since you’ve mentioned dose, I will say that I will likely ingest a very small dose, one to two hits from a vaporizer. This will be done on a weekly or possibly monthly basis.

You’ve also mentioned motivation so I want to touch on that now. What I am mostly concerned about is becoming demotivated, or the occurrence of an “amotivational syndrome” – so, I am not smoking to motivate myself, although if that helps, I would be extremely glad. I am currently reading http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/hemp/medical/canb1.htm which talks about amotivational syndrome and trait absorption, a very well written paper based on numerous strong studies, I haven’t finished it yet but as of now it seems like it’s HEAVY usage that causes or may cause a drop in motivation.

Thank you for responding

Question:
I know. I know. This is super hypocritical. My friend *ehem* smokes marijuana 1-4 times a week. He does NOT smoke cigarettes or really anything else. Baking with it is not really possible under the current circumstances. He has looked into a vaporizer but the price is a big turn off and he does not know how effective and fun it is. ha ha. Is there any kind of natural herb or anything he can take to keep his lungs healthy (or healthier than they would be) while he continues to smoke?

If you know of anything books that aren’t full of !sht that would be great too.

Question:
When I say vaporize tobacco, it refers to boiling (vaporizing) the water and other constituents of the tobacco herb (such as nicotine) using a vaporizer device (many different kinds), and inhale the gas.
This does not burn anything, and does not cause smoke, only tobacco vapor (steam).

This question applies to specific zones of certain countries (ie. indoor public areas), and countries that have smoking banned. As the laws may be different in each area, please indicate what areas do or do not apply.

My guess is there’s nothing wrong with it, but I’m sure many people may be bothered anyway.

Question:
Will it work? Do vaporizers work with legal herbs? I bought a vaporizer and tried it and it doesn’t seem to work… Did I do something wrong or does it just not work for legal herbs? It was advertised as being for “legal herbs only”…. This is annoying.
I know vaporizers work by vaporizing the THC in marijuana but I want to smoke legal herbs and not pot. Help please?
So far the answers to this question are not the slightest bit helpful. Would you please read the whole question before you answer?

MY QUESTION IS:
Can you vaporize legal herbs so that you still feel the effects? I’m not talking about marijuana, that’s illegal, I mean LEGAL herbs. Like the stuff then sell on LHS.com (LHS = legalherbalshop).

Question:
I bought a small vaporizer pipe for my herb and am concerned as to how pure the vapor is. The issue is that i cannot control the temperature as precisely with my pipe as i would be able to if i had a volcano or vaporbrothers etc. all i can do is put the pipe closer or further away from the flame. How do i know if i’m not getting a little smoke in the vapor? does combustion only occur when you hit that exact temperature (230 F i believe) or is it a gradual thing. if so i’m worried as to what percentage of smoke is in the vapor. what are the complete health facts with vaporization? i thought that there was no respiratory-related health problems what-so-ever, are there? thanks, any information will be helpful. – Adam.

Question:
Just know that by supporting it, you would also be supporting organized crime since drug dealers wouldn’t exist if it were legal. And, the prohibition ruins many more lives than the drug itself, through putting non-violent marijuana users in jail, usually young people with their whole lives ahead of them. Is this a little overkill for a drug that you physically can not overdose on, causes 0 accidental deaths when used responsibly, and it has been scientifically proven that THC can decrease tumor size and kill cancerous cells, and the lesser known CBD can be a good source of pain relief? Also, with the use of a vaporizer, the herb can be reduced to a 100% non-carcinogenic vapor that has literally no negative health effects except temporary perception changes.

With use over the past century steadily increasing regardless of legal status, does this need to be kept illegal, or just more educated about when and how to use properly to insure safety?

I don’t mean to sound preachy, just want people to be informed enough to have solid opinions, if you still disagree with everything I’ve said, by all means still answer and support your opposing argument..
chebrew – If you wanna say thing like marijuana makes you stupid, I’m gonna lose all respect for your answer, especially when you have email blocked so you can get your last word in. Weed doesn’t make you stupid, it can cause less concentration in people who are affected by it like that. And OBVIOUSLY, it is the conductors fault for smoking before operating a train, not marijuana’s. To blame the accident on the inanimate object he burned and inhaled would be incredibly egotistical. When people abuse any drug, bad things can happen, but this is because they misused it, and they are at fault. You ignored my statement about how it causes zero deaths when used responsibly, didn’t you? This is a fact, not opinion.

Question:
When smoking herbs (marijuana, pot, weed, cannabis), how do I run a vaporizer through my water pipe, or bong, to get a great clean hit? Please explain this whole process to me, and anything you know about it.

Also, if anyone knows, can I smoke salvia out of a vaporizer? I have heard that the best way is using a bubbler with a torch lighter. What about that?

Ghetto Vape 2.0 – glass on glass, up to 450F, $8 Walmart (plus glass) Medical Marijuana Herbal Vaporizer made from a pyrex test tube, a long thin glass tube and a curling iron. Two small screens hold the herb in place, they are made from stainless steel pot scrubber material burned until red hot to remove inpurities. the hole where the test tube is inserted was made after removing the tube from the curling iron, and clearance was checked before inserting it. the gap around the test tube is sealed with a flour paste seal (trick used by Moonshiners) to mitigate the exposure to toxic gasses from the electronics and heating element (if you know of rohs compliant gasket goop please chime in – i’m thinking an alumina washer…?).

Question:
Its hard to inhale. its always been hard to inhale and i cant get decent hits because of that. if tried lightly packing the herb chamber and its the same. any help would be much appreciated. thanks

My old iolite inside out!