Hash and humans have a long-running relationship. People first produced hash in the 11th century in the Middle East. Back then, humans didn’t even smoke hash. Instead, we took it orally as an edible. Later, we devised a mix with tobacco as the first way to smoke hash.
Today, humanity has developed numerous new ways to smoke hash. From traditional smoking devices like pipes and hookahs to high-tech new solutions like vaporizers, the only thing limiting your ability to smoke hash is your imagination.
Glass – Bongs and Pipes
Pipes are a tried-and smoking method that are just as useful for has as they are for flower. Smoking hash out of a pipe is easy, and the way you do it mostly comes down to personal preference.
For example, you can put some hash on top of a “plug nug” of weed to keep it from falling down. You could also use a piece of metal mesh called a screen in the bottom of your bowl and just throw a glob of hash on top of it. Pipes are advantageous because they’re small and portable, and you can have it on-hand whenever you need it.
Bongs require a similar technique. Using a bong to smoke hash is a great way to filter out residual plant matter – like tar – and keep it from ever reaching your lungs. Smoking hash with a bong will result in a much smoother hit than using a pipe.
Papers, Joints, and Blunts
Rolling a normal joint or blunt is all about sharing, and the same is true with hash. Hash joints are useful whenever you need to get all of your friends high at once. That’s because you can fit a ton of hash into a paper. In addition, you can smoke a hash joint solo over multiple sittings.
You can also wrap hash up in a joint or blunt. When you do this, it’s important to mix hash with flower before you roll it up in a paper. To help make sure your joint burns evenly, it’s a good idea to make sure at least 50 percent of your hash joint is flower.
If you also enjoy tobacco, you can substitute that for cannabis flower to make a hash spliff. This can enhance your high with a pleasant nicotine buzz. You can achieve a similar effect by using cigar papers to roll your hash joint.
Vaporizers – Clean and Efficient
Cannabis technology – especially tech centred around smoking weed – has seen more significant developments in the last two decades than they have in any other period in human history.
The advent of marijuana vaporizer is the biggest thing that’s happened to smoking weed since the invention of concentrates. By removing combustion from the equation, users can eliminate several harmful chemicals like tar and carbon monoxide from the smoking process. Vaporizing hash present a cleaner, easier way to smoke it than almost any other technique.
There are countless types of hash vaporizers available today. They’re divided into two categories: tabletop and portable. Tabletop vaporizers, including brands like Volcano, streamline the smoking process – they essentially do it for you. Just load your hash in, let your vaporizer warm-up, and smoke.
Portable vaporizers, like vape pens, also present a discrete, portable way to smoke hash. However, if you use hash in a portable vaporizer, make sure that you clean its chamber regularly. If you don’t, byproducts form your hash will begin to cake up inside of your vape, which can turn into a sticky situation very quickly.
Hookah
Smoking a hookah conjure a mental image of a smoky plush lounge, heavy with thick tobacco smoke. But that’s an image that comes from our modern points of view. The invention of the hookah actually predates the introduction of tobacco to Asia. Before they were ever used to smoke tobacco, people in India and the Middle East smoked cannabis from their water pipes.
Using a hookah to smoke hash offers several advantages over other methods. For example, hookahs allow users to smoke slowly, giving them a more mellow experience over time. Additionally, hookahs offer a similar type of water filtration as bongs. Many hookahs also come with multiple mouthpieces, so everyone can use their own. As a result, there’s a lower chance of transmitting a sickness from smoking hash from a hookah than a pipe or joint.
Hot Knives
Ever find yourself with abundant hash but no way to smoke it? There have been many desperate smokers before you, and they developed a solution. As long as an enterprising mind has two butter knives and a gas stove, it can smoke hash.
Smoking hash with hot knives is many a veteran smoker’s reliable standby. It’s a multi-step process. First, put a straw or tube between your lips – you’ll use this to inhale the smoke from the hash. Next, scoop a dollop of hash onto one knife. Then, heat a second knife over an opened flame. Finally, press the hot knife to the scoop of hash and inhale the smoke. The knives will be hot, so make sure you don’t get too close or use some kind of heat-resistant tube.
All Smokers Have an Engineer Inside Them
This list is by no means intended as an exhaustive catalogue of all the ways to smoke hash.
For example, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can even eat balls of hash to experience its effects. If you want to try this, make sure you heat your hash in the oven to 245 degrees before you eat it. This will heat-activate the cannabinoids inside of it through a process called “decarboxylation,” which you’ll need to do to activate hash’s effects.
Remember: where there’s a will, there’s a way. With enough ingenuity and tenacity, you can invent your own creative ways to smoke hash. All you really need is a heat source, some hash, and a tube to inhale the smoke.
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