| Cannabis are heated to a temperature where the | | | | who are concerned about the respiratory hazards of |
| psychoactive ingredients evaporate without causing | | | | smoking are strongly advised to use vaporizers. |
| combustion to avoid irritating respiratory toxins in | | | | Substitute devices, such as water pipes, have been |
| marijuana smoke. Cannabinoids are delivered by the | | | | shown to be ineffective at reducing the tars in |
| vaporizers while eliminating or drastically reducing other | | | | marijuana smoke. Few things must be kept in mind |
| smoke toxins. There are toxins in marijuana smoke like | | | | before using vaporizers like the heating element of |
| in tobacco that are known to be hazardous to the | | | | your vaporizer may have been treated with lubricant |
| respiratory system. Combustion is main cause of | | | | that you should burn off before use by leaving the |
| these byproducts, separate from the pharmaceutically | | | | vaporizer turned on, with the lid aside, for around ten |
| active components of marijuana, known as | | | | minutes. Put on the unit by plugging it in. As the unit |
| cannabinoids, which include THC. While there is no | | | | heats up, spread a thin, loose layer of finely cut-up, |
| proof that marijuana smoking causes cancer, chronic | | | | not-too-dry herb into the bowl and immediately replace |
| pot smokers have been shown to suffer an elevated | | | | the glass lid on top of the unit. As due to the heating |
| risk of bronchitis and respiratory infections. Respiration | | | | element and bowl get very hot, so be careful not to |
| disease due to smoking may therefore rightly be | | | | touch any metal parts until they cool down. An invisible |
| regarded as the primary physiological hazard of | | | | vapor will be produced, which can be sucked out |
| marijuana. | | | | through the draw tube. Subsequently the vapor comes |
| Active cannabinoids are released and inhaled by the | | | | like a thin smoke that some people inhale as well. |
| cannabis vaporizers user. Cannabis are heated to a | | | | Afterwards the properly-used vaporizer produces a |
| temperature of 180 - 200? C (356? - 392? F), just | | | | tar-free vapor rather than smoke; you may want to |
| below the point of combustion where smoke is | | | | hold the vapor in for longer than you would hold in |
| produced. THC and other medically active | | | | smoke. |
| cannabinoids are emitted with little or none of the | | | | The unit off should be turned of between bowls to |
| carcinogenic tars and noxious gases found in smoke, | | | | cool the bowl down. It should be remembered, you |
| at this temperature. Most medical marijuana patients | | | | want to mostly be sucking in the clear vapor that |
| who find smoked marijuana highly irritating report | | | | appears before the smoke does. We should obviously |
| effective relief inhaling through vaporizers. Exploiters | | | | not leave the unit plugged in when not in use. |