Baked. Stoned. Faded. Zooted. Melted. These are just some ways of saying you are absolutely, 100% high. Now, being high is great, but the method of attaining this elevated state is arguably the most important part. Here I will be reviewing a myriad of ways to get high, from the standard joints and pens to your more unorthodox bell-pepper bongs and knife hits.
Joints: The classic, go-to method. Everybody has smoked a joint. Peaceful, relaxing, it is an amazing introduction to the art of smoking weed. You can control how much you smoke, making it that much better of an experience.
8/10
Jesus Joint: Ok, I know this is still a joint, but once my friends and I rolled a joint that looked like a cross and smoking it was the craziest experience ever.
10/10
Edibles: Depending on who you ask, edibles are either the worst or best thing ever. To create an edible, one extracts the cannabinoids (THC and CBD), and incorporates them into food. Gummies are popular to buy from dispensaries, but if you choose to go the homemade route, I would recommend cannabutter for brownies, cookies, and more. Edibles are volatile, so the experience varies. My personal favorite edible is the Blueberry Lemonade Hash Rosin Mixer, a cough-syrup-esque liquid where 40 mL will do you so, so right.
6/10
Pieces: A small, shaped vessel, usually ceramic, that is common among smokers. What you gain in easy transport and preparation, you lose in the quality of the smoke. Far too often have I pulled away feeling as though my lungs were in flames, so this is definitely not my favorite way to smoke.
5/10
Bongs: A bong is a large beaker-shaped object which functions similarly to a piece or dab rig, except it has water in it. I am extremely partial to the bong. My first real time smoking was a bong hit, and not to be melodramatic, but it changed my life. The professional method is to put ice in the tube so that it cools down the smoke when you inhale, leading to the smoothest bong rip you will ever take. You need to make sure to pour a little water over the ice, as using dry ice can lead to the inhalation of microscopic ice shards, which absolutely nobody wants.
7/10
Gravity Bongs: A boujee variation of the bong: the gravity bong. It is a contraption which uses water and air pressure to provide you with highly concentrated smoke. While it may not be the easiest usage of weed, the style factor alone more than makes up for it.
7/10
Dab Rigs: Violent High. No other way to describe it. Probably the most efficient way to get high, which is both good and bad for obvious reasons.
7/10
Pens: Hit or miss. Because there is so much variation from pen to pen, the experience you get also varies. Sometimes, you get the perfect blinker and all is well, and sometimes you take a couple rips and you feel like death. Additionally, with a pen you open yourself up to the possibility of flavor, my personal favorite being this one cranberry-flavored cart that was a top-tier experience. You also have to consider the ambience. Taking a hit of a pen doesn’t necessarily have the best vibes.
6.5/10
Knife Hits: First of all, just saying knife hits sounds super cool. Knife hits are when you heat two knives up over a flame, press dab wax between the hot knives to create smoke, and then inhale that smoke using some sort of funnel. My first piece of advice: come prepared. You can easily end up damaging knives beyond repair, wasting dab wax, or stinking up your whole kitchen.
7.5/10
Hotbox: This is when you (and a group of friends) enter an enclosed space, the smaller the better. Personally, the car hot box is a classic, but hotboxing a tent and a sauna are also something that everyone should experience. Technically speaking, you would be usually smoking joints within this area, but let’s separate them due to the unique nature of hotboxing.
11/10
Smoking out of a Pepper: Now let’s delve into using non-traditional objects as pieces. First up is the bell pepper. To get into smoking shape, you must poke various holes in the side and the top until you are left with a somewhat functioning piece. When attempted, it did not work extremely well, but you will get high, nonetheless.
6.5/10
Smoking through a Banana: Fitting with the theme of using food items, another option is the banana. Now in theory, you would carve out a little divot and then poke a hole through the banana. Not the most efficient use of weed, but acceptable in the case of an emergency.
5/10
Smoking out of a hot dog. Yes, this really has been attempted. Like the banana, the concept was to use the hot dog as a pipe to smoke out of. It wasn’t the most successful, but if you end up in a situation where you have weed, a lighter, and a hot dog then anything is possible.
4/10
Nug on fire: Now, say all you have is bud and a lighter. Nothing else. It may be hard to believe, but it is still possible to smoke. There are two ways that I have heard done. Just straight up lighting the nug on fire and inhaling, which honestly works better than you might think. The other is sticking bud in your nose and lighting it. I cannot say I have had the pleasure (or displeasure) of lighting bud on fire in my nose, but it sounds pretty painful so I probably wouldn’t recommend.
4/10
Overall, there are many, many ways to get high. Some are better than others, but they all produce a memorable experience.
Anonymous is really hoping they never have to fashion a pepper into a piece at 2:00 AM again.