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The cap is then packed with a smokable substance, and screwed onto the bottle once it is immersed to its neck in water or some other liquid. While lighting the bowl with (preferably) a [[lighter]] or [[match]], the bottle is gradually lifted the until it is about to come out of the water or when the substance discontinues burning. While the bottle is held in place, the lid is removed and the bottle will be pushed down while the one smoking it is breathing the smoke in while the one's mouth is on the bottle's opening.<ref name="Stratton">{{cite book|last=Stratton|first=Randy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=C29HhGmiIyQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780811855822&hl=en&ei=GHzmTdetApPUgAfazYiWCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Build This Bong|year=2007|publisher=[[Chronicle Publishing Company]]|location=[[San Francisco, California]]|isbn=9780811855822|page=38}}</ref><ref name="I. M. Stoned">{{cite book|author=I. M. Stoned |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wrDGMocQr6oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9781440503498&hl=en&ei=dHzmTb2PGsvPgAec_oz1Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis|year=2009|publisher=Adams Media|location=Avon, Massachusetts|isbn=9781440503498|pages=24–25}}</ref> The result of smoke entering one's lungs is caused by pressure created when the bong works with water pressurization to allow the inhalation and ingestion of smoke, which enters one's lungs in a smoother manner than inhaling from a [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]], [[Cannabis smoking#Blunt|blunt]], or bowl by itself.<ref name="I. M. Stoned"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Gregory|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_Nyq0jlws70C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780855754501&hl=en&ei=onzmTfGrNc3ogAfLq8yACw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Addictions And Healing In Aboriginal Country|year=2003|publisher=Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|location=[[Canberra]]|isbn=9780855754501|page=53}}</ref> This will give the smoker a sudden dose with hardly any smoke lost, rather than the amount of smoke lost with joints and blunts.<ref name="NDLERF">Delahunty, Brendan; Putt, Judy. [http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_15.pdf "http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_15.pdf"] (2006), Monograph Series No. 15. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund. National Drug Strategy.</ref>
The cap is then packed with a smokable substance, and screwed onto the bottle once it is immersed to its neck in water or some other liquid. While lighting the bowl with (preferably) a [[lighter]] or [[match]], the bottle is gradually lifted the until it is about to come out of the water or when the substance discontinues burning. While the bottle is held in place, the lid is removed and the bottle will be pushed down while the one smoking it is breathing the smoke in while the one's mouth is on the bottle's opening.<ref name="Stratton">{{cite book|last=Stratton|first=Randy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=C29HhGmiIyQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780811855822&hl=en&ei=GHzmTdetApPUgAfazYiWCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Build This Bong|year=2007|publisher=[[Chronicle Publishing Company]]|location=[[San Francisco, California]]|isbn=9780811855822|page=38}}</ref><ref name="I. M. Stoned">{{cite book|author=I. M. Stoned |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wrDGMocQr6oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9781440503498&hl=en&ei=dHzmTb2PGsvPgAec_oz1Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis|year=2009|publisher=Adams Media|location=Avon, Massachusetts|isbn=9781440503498|pages=24–25}}</ref> The result of smoke entering one's lungs is caused by pressure created when the bong works with water pressurization to allow the inhalation and ingestion of smoke, which enters one's lungs in a smoother manner than inhaling from a [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]], [[Cannabis smoking#Blunt|blunt]], or bowl by itself.<ref name="I. M. Stoned"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Gregory|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_Nyq0jlws70C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780855754501&hl=en&ei=onzmTfGrNc3ogAfLq8yACw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Addictions And Healing In Aboriginal Country|year=2003|publisher=Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|location=[[Canberra]]|isbn=9780855754501|page=53}}</ref> This will give the smoker a sudden dose with hardly any smoke lost, rather than the amount of smoke lost with joints and blunts.<ref name="NDLERF">Delahunty, Brendan; Putt, Judy. [http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_15.pdf "http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_15.pdf"] (2006), Monograph Series No. 15. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund. National Drug Strategy.</ref>


Brian Griffin noted the aesthetic downside of a gravity bong to be that it looks like "something a janitor whipped up using items from his closet." Griffin also wrote that the bong is quite difficult to hide, saying: "they can be hard to hide if civic-minded parents or parole officers plan on making visits."<ref name="The Trustafarian Handbook">{{cite book|last=Griffin|first=Brian|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jKRMiFSM_n4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:1440502153&hl=en&ei=4nzmTeD9BsnagQeu15SGCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle - Funded by Mom and Dad|year=2010|publisher=Adams Media|location=Avon, Massachusetts|isbn=1440502153|pages=60–61|chapter=4}}</ref> Author Will B. High insisted that the bucket bong's existences was "indisputable evidence" that marijuana smokers were more intelligent and inventive than one would assume.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0Vf4eyhg5TEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9781440506451&hl=en&ei=LH3mTZq7JcHZgQfw6dWLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Weedopedia: A Totally Dank A-Z Reefer Reference|year=2010|publisher=[[F+W Media{{!}}Adams Media]]|isbn=9781440506451|author=Will B. High|page=96 |location=[[Avon, Massachusetts]]}}</ref> I. M. Stoned, author of ''Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis'' called the bucket bong "out of the world" and "killer sweet."<ref name="I. M. Stoned"/> The method is usually used in drug use to speed up the effect of the noise by means of a high concentration and to maximize.<ref>[http://www.bas-muenchen.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Doku_10._NW-Tagung.pdf "http://www.bas-muenchen.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Doku_10._NW-Tagung.pdf"] (In German). Bas-muenchen.de. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-30.</ref>
Brian Griffin noted the aesthetic downside of a gravity bong to be that it looks like "something a janitor whipped up using items from his closet." Griffin also wrote that the bong is quite difficult to hide, saying: "they can be hard to hide if civic-minded parents or parole officers plan on making visits."<ref name="The Trustafarian Handbook">{{cite book|last=Griffin|first=Brian|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jKRMiFSM_n4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:1440502153&hl=en&ei=4nzmTeD9BsnagQeu15SGCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle - Funded by Mom and Dad|year=2010|publisher=Adams Media|location=Avon, Massachusetts|isbn=1440502153|pages=60–61|chapter=4}}</ref> Author Will B. High insisted that the bucket bong's existences was "indisputable evidence" that marijuana smokers were more intelligent and inventive than one would assume.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0Vf4eyhg5TEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9781440506451&hl=en&ei=LH3mTZq7JcHZgQfw6dWLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Weedopedia: A Totally Dank A-Z Reefer Reference|year=2010|publisher=[[F+W Media{{!}}Adams Media]]|isbn=9781440506451|author=Will B. High|page=96 |location=[[Avon, Massachusetts]]}}</ref> I. M. Stoned, author of ''Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis'' called the bucket bong "out of the world" and "killer sweet."<ref name="I. M. Stoned"/>


===Waterfall bong===
===Waterfall bong===

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Dakta Blaze's bucket bong outside Timaru, New Zealand Courthouse.
An example bucket bong.

A bucket bong, or gravity bong, is a bong-related method of consuming cannabis or other smokable substances. The bong is made using a plastic bottle, a container that can hold both the bottle and water, a brass cut nozzle, and an aerator screen. After packing the bong's bowl, the bottle's bottom is cut and then the bottle is inserted into the water and the bowl is lit while the bottle is slowly lifted up. Smoke will develop in the bottle and will enter the smoker's body when their mouth is on the opening and they breathe in. The waterfall bong is made using similar things and is smoked similarly.

Description

Bucket bong

Bucket bong in operation
The bottle's lid
The bong, ready for operation

A bucket bong, often called a "gravity bong",[1][2] uses a large plastic bottle (about 2 litres), a large bucket or other container that both the bottle and a large amount of water will properly go into, a brass cut nozzle used as the bowl, an aerator screen cut to fit the bowl, and a large bucket or container. The large plastic bottle's base is cut off, and the bottle's cap has a small hole in the center which will eventually hold a bowl. The screen is placed inside of the bowl. The cut nozzle is threaded into the hole outside the cap.[3][4]

The cap is then packed with a smokable substance, and screwed onto the bottle once it is immersed to its neck in water or some other liquid. While lighting the bowl with (preferably) a lighter or match, the bottle is gradually lifted the until it is about to come out of the water or when the substance discontinues burning. While the bottle is held in place, the lid is removed and the bottle will be pushed down while the one smoking it is breathing the smoke in while the one's mouth is on the bottle's opening.[3][4] The result of smoke entering one's lungs is caused by pressure created when the bong works with water pressurization to allow the inhalation and ingestion of smoke, which enters one's lungs in a smoother manner than inhaling from a joint, blunt, or bowl by itself.[4][5] This will give the smoker a sudden dose with hardly any smoke lost, rather than the amount of smoke lost with joints and blunts.[1]

Brian Griffin noted the aesthetic downside of a gravity bong to be that it looks like "something a janitor whipped up using items from his closet." Griffin also wrote that the bong is quite difficult to hide, saying: "they can be hard to hide if civic-minded parents or parole officers plan on making visits."[2] Author Will B. High insisted that the bucket bong's existences was "indisputable evidence" that marijuana smokers were more intelligent and inventive than one would assume.[6] I. M. Stoned, author of Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis called the bucket bong "out of the world" and "killer sweet."[4]

Waterfall bong

Waterfall bong in operation

A waterfall bong or reverse bucket bong is another method of consuming smoke. It is assembled using a large plastic bottle (preferably about 2 liter), a bung or rubber stopper, a brass cut nozzle or something else to act as a bowl and transport smoke to the bottle, and an aerator screen. A mid-sized hole that is cut smooth to prevent leakage is located near the bottom of the bottle, which is where the rubber stopper is inserted. A hole is then cut in the lid of the bottle. The cut nozzle is threaded into the hole on the outside of the cap and the screen is placed in the bowl. The bottle is filled to its neck in water, and the lid is then screwed on. After loading the bowl, the rubber stopper is pulled out and the bowl is lit as water continues to drain out. As it is draining, smoke will be drawn into the bottle. The cap is removed after the water has completely drained out, which will release the smoke.[3]

Comparison to other herbal consumption methods

The bong is generally used for smoking cannabis,[7][8] but can also be used for tobacco, or other herbal substances.[9][10] The pressure created by the action of inhaling smoke into your lungs in a smoother manner than smoking with a joint or bowl.[11] Since the gravity bong does not use water to filter the cannabis it is different than water pipes and water bongs. Vaporizers do not use smoke, but the inhalation process is similar. A joint can contain from 0.4g to well over 1g. Blunts can contain up to 3g of cannabis.[12] The bucket bong only uses about 0.1g to 0.3g, according to Textbook of Wood Technology: Structure, identification, uses, and properties of the commercial woods of the United States and Canada.[13]

Helmut Kuntz, an addiction therapist and author of Cannabis Ist Immer Anders,[14] claims that the use of bucket bongs increases the risk of damaging, or even destroying, supporting social relations. Kuntz also said that the bongs will cause more of a cannabis dependence.[15]

Typical users

According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), numerous sources say that it is by far the preferred method among younger smokers in remote areas. According to B. O’Reilly in their book Indigenous Substance Use Patterns in Arnhem Land: A 1999 Survey of Aboriginal Communities, 63% of the cannabis smokers in Arnhem Land, Australia prefer bucket bongs as their method of cannabis consumption. Joints and blunts were preferred by 21% of smokers, 7% preferred a combination, 5% preferred a bong, and 4% preferred pipes. The NDLERF also insisted that bucket bongs are widely used to "binge[A] on cannabis and the age of first-time use is falling, with children as young as 10 or 11 years old smoking the drug."[1] Binge use is common, often through the widespread use of the bucket bong and other problematic methods of use. According to the NDLERF, the main concern is cannabis smokers, who "regularly smoke the equivalent of 20 'joints' in a single session and the many others who use the drug to intensify the effects of other substances, especially alcohol."[1]

In the United States, under the Federal Drug Paraphernalia Statute, which is part of the Controlled Substances Act, it is illegal to sell, transport through the mail, transport across state lines, import, or export drug paraphernalia, meaning that the bong is illegal.[16] In countries where cannabis is illegal, some retailers insist that bongs are intended for use with tobacco in an attempt to circumvent laws against selling drug paraphernalia. While technically "bong" does not mean a device used for smoking mainly marijuana, drug-related connotations have been formed with the word itself (partly due to punning with Sanskrit bhangah, meaning "hemp"). Thus for fear of the law some head shops[B] will not serve customers who use the word "bong" or "bongs".[17]

See also

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Notes

  • A. ^ A short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.[18]
  • B ^ Head shops are retail outlets which specialize in drug paraphernalia used for consumption of cannabis.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Delahunty, Brendan; Putt, Judy. "http://www.ndlerf.gov.au/pub/Monograph_15.pdf" (2006), Monograph Series No. 15. National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund. National Drug Strategy.
  2. ^ a b Griffin, Brian (2010). "4". The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle - Funded by Mom and Dad. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media. pp. 60–61. ISBN 1440502153.
  3. ^ a b c Stratton, Randy (2007). Build This Bong. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Publishing Company. p. 38. ISBN 9780811855822.
  4. ^ a b c d I. M. Stoned (2009). Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9781440503498.
  5. ^ Phillips, Gregory (2003). Addictions And Healing In Aboriginal Country. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. p. 53. ISBN 9780855754501.
  6. ^ Will B. High (2010). Weedopedia: A Totally Dank A-Z Reefer Reference. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media. p. 96. ISBN 9781440506451.
  7. ^ Green, Jonathon (2005). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (2. ed. ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 193. ISBN 9780304366361. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2007). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (New ed. ed.). London: Routledge. p. 96. ISBN 9780415212595. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Office of National Drug Control Policy". Office of National Drug Control Policy. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  10. ^ Albright, Troy; Shawkat, Nedal; Susor, Alex. "Contraband: The Sale of Regulated Goods on the Internet". Georgia State University. Retrieved 2011-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Stoned, I.M. (2009). Weed: 420 Things You Didn't Know (or Remember) about Cannabis. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9781440503498.
  12. ^ Chawla, Sandeep; Le Pichon, Thibault, Research and Analysis Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. World Drug Report 2006 (vol. 1 ed.). Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Publications. p. 2120. ISBN 9211482143. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |ear= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Panshin, A.J.; Zeeuw, Carl, de (1980). Textbook of Wood Technology: Structure, Identification, Properties, and Uses of the Commercial Woods of the United States and Canada (McGraw-Hill series in forest resources) (4th ed. ed.). New York City: McGraw-Hill. p. 32. ISBN 9780070484412. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Donley, Shawn (2011-04-19). "Cannabis Ist Immer Anders by Helmut Kuntz - Powell's Books" (in German). Powells.com. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  15. ^ Kuntz, Helmut (2003-11). "Interview mit dem Suchttherapeuten Helmut Kuntz" (In English). Jörg Auf dem Hövel. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  16. ^ "DEA Definition of Paraphernalia". Justice.gov. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  17. ^ "Phoenix New Times: Head Games". Phoenixnewtimes.com. 2006-02-16.
  18. ^ Shaw, Donald Lewis; McCombs, Maxwell; Keir, Gerry (1997). Advanced Reporting: Discovering Patterns in News Events (2. ed. ed.). Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 9780881339123. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Soukhanov, Anne (2001). Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary: The First Dictionary For The Internet Age. New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 661. ISBN 9780312280871.

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