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Harm Reduction Tips for Joints, Jozza's, Doobskins etc...
Joints
Keep it Straight Green
Mixing tobacco with your cannabis increases harms to your lungs and can also increase chances of dependency. Tobacco is known to be a harmful and addictive drug, when mixed with cannabis people often tend to become addicted to the combination rather than cannabis itself. If you insist on mixing your cannabis refer to “mixing” for some tips.
Mixing
We learnt that its not good to mix your cannabis with tobacco but some consumers find that they can get too high if the smoke their weed straight green. If you really feel the need to mix your buds, there are other alternative herbs you can use to blend with your cannabis.
Sharing
A joint is definitely best enjoyed when shared but sharing joints can pose some health risks. Sometimes you never know what germs or infections the person you're planning on sharing a joint with has. To avoid receiving unwanted infections use a personal joint/ cigarette holder creating a barrier between the joint and your lips. If you don't have a joint holder its best to try and avoid sharing joints.
Inhale, Exhale
A common myth when smoking cannabis is that if you hold in the smoke for as long as possible you will get a stronger high. This is just not true as it only takes seconds for THC to enter your system, holding the smoke in is only going to cause easily avoidable damage to your lungs so please look after yourself!
Rolling Materials
When finding material to roll a joint, try and use undyed/ unbleached materials. Things like the packaging from a pack of papers has been dyed and can contain harmful chemicals when inhaled. Roach material can be purchased from most smoke shops.
Switch it up
As nice as a joint can be; When burnt, cannabis contains harmful toxins which enter your system when smoked and inhaled. You can reduce these harms by switching up consumption routes. Edibles and oils are a "safer" option compared to a joint as no inhalation is required. If you're someone who enjoys the experience of inhaling cannabis, switching to a dry herb vape will reduce some of the risks involved with smoking as instead of the cannabis being burnt it is heated up in a chamber releasing a vapor which you then inhale.
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