No wonder I don’t know the rules concerning topics like drug use. I’ve been plowing through pages of posts and so far all I’ve come up with is:
He’s refering to things that he thinks should be mentioned in a fax. I give up.
I have smoked pot some twenty times in my drug using career. Not once have I felt the least bit high. If anything I became quite lucid. It did however put me to sleep in a hurry.
Very sorry if I contributed to the problem.
CB
In reference to Surgoshan’s comment about “smoking yourself sober”, I’d like to point out that this is indeed possible. One time my roommate & I built a gravity bong and smoked and smoked about 1/2 ounce of weed in under 10 minutes. I went far beyond the regular “high” and entered a lucid, totally “clear” state of mind where all colors were of perfect hue and all textures were sharply defined. Ok, it wasn’t really “sober” but it was certainly different and more clear-headed than your typical “high”.
Afterwards, I morphed into “Jeremy The Lizard” and kicked back watching TV while scratching my scaley crotch for the next few hours.
I’d also like to point out that drug paraphenalia is in fact LEGAL in many places in the U.S., as you can buy pipes and bongs at any head shop. I’d assume this applies to home-built devices as well. They only become illegal after you use them and they become tainted with drug residue. Also, it is impossible to O.D. on marijuana (at least in any life-threatening way.)
I defer to the mod’s discretion, but I must add: Geez, this ain’t like building a pipe bomb, fer cryin out loud. Although the intention is certainly to get yourself bombed. 
::sheepishly surveys the area to see if Manny is still here::
OK Svinlesha, you asked for it!
Well I asked for it. I definitely get a prize (at least) for my rectal linguistics in this thread.
Here’s what I found (it’s a bit technical)
OK, so we develop tolerance to many of the effects of THC, but not to the euphorigenic effects. Yeah, but who smokes weed for the euphoria anyways? Personally, I do it for the THC induced hypothermia (Hey could someone shut that window?)
Still haven’t dug anything up on reverse tolerance, though (ie less dope gets you high with experience). But the world of marijuana is so full of contradictions, I wouldn’t be surprized.
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Wow. Manhattan, i’m very sorry that i got you so mad, i really had no idea. However, to avoid future errors in this vein i must ask this… Is it permissible to provide a link to a different website with instructions for things like gravity bongs and whatnot? I just don’t want do something against the rules again accidentally and have you think i did it on purpose. Again, sorry…
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-Dani
Attention all Dopers (Straight kind) May I call your attention to the cases of choosybeggar and Dani Filth?
They both went a little too far and annoyed manhattan who took action and made his feelings clear.
What did they do? The unexpected.
They apologised in a dignified way.
These two are GOOD BLOKES AND TRUE HEROES!!
They did NOT whinge and whine about it, they did NOT use the expression “get over it”, they did NOTcomplain that “the mods are bastards” and they did NOT go to another board and squeal on about it there.
They just acknowledged the mistake, implied their willingness to stick around and keep to the rules, and I am sure will continue to post interestingly for a long while to come.
These days, that kind of behaviour is heroic!
They have my respect, and a small standing ovation in Australia. Please, Board Moderators, rejoice that sometimes people do behave like ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you , now I’ll sit down
Redboss
Don’t mean to play moderator but if you don’t mind Manny I’ll field this one.
No.
It is my understanding that the policy of the SDMB is to permit discussions involving drugs and the like, even if it implies that you have done or are going to do something illegal. Where it draws the line is in the dissemination of instructions on how to do things which are illegal. Thus, I could comment on the idea of gravity bongs or different grades of marijuana (well, assuming I had knowledge of such things), but could not share methods for building a gravity bong or where to buy marijuana. I also recall threads on how to launder money falling under this general rule.
Soon, there will be a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list)that will attempt to provide more detail on matters such as this.
Actually, on thinking about it, I’d like to elaborate, because I like this board and I don’t want it to turn into something else.
Look guys, use common sense. Don’t provide “how to’s” on illegal stuff; don’t provide links to “how to’s” on illegal stuff.
This is a place to share info, mostly info that’s hard to come by ordinarily, for the purposes of fighting ignorance.
There are plenty of drug oriented message boards, just do a search. Want to know how to make a gravity bong? do a search.
Get facts about drugs here. Get “how to’s” elsewhere.
BTW, as to the OP, I am in agreement with those who said that 1st timers simply don’t know how or are afraid to take a full inhale. I seem to be one of the few people I’ve ever heard of who got whacked off his ass 1st time.
So, if the subject came up, would it be against board policy to link to the film To Live and Die in L.A.?
J.E.T.
I know, at least with myself, it is possible to develop a tolerance for the positive effects of marijuana and require larger than normal amounts to get high. That tolerance can go away pretty quick, but I don’t think you can ever get back to that low tolerance you had when you first started - back when I was a kid me and my friends would get so high that we could not stop laughing at times, we would think about and say the strangest fucking things, and it definitely noticeably effected our behavior. Even after quitting for months I don’t get anywhere near that level of highness when I start again, though I will get much higher than I can when I am smoking regularly.
For me, going without for a week or so really lowers my tolerance for the first couple of times I smoke afterwards - I will laugh out loud at stuff I normally would find only mildly amusing, I am very happy and loving, I will sit down to do something and an hour will go buy without my noticing it. If I continue to smoke regularly in a week I am having to smoke more to get anything out of it. In a couple of weeks the best I can do is a pleasant but mild buzz that lasts about 30 minutes. The difference between one and two joints a day is pretty large when it comes to reducing tolerance, as well. Spacing it out more will let you keep your low tolerance longer.
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So, if the subject came up, would it be against board policy to link to the film To Live and Die in L.A.? [/quote]
I’d predict that it would get locked, with only content actually spelling out how to do removed. A link to a movie would probably stand.
AFireInside, I’m ashamed. I happen to know exactly who you are, and you know that Dan has stopped selling, so why? Why? Brad already got caught, why bother risking it?
As for me, I’m gonna wait till I’m old and wrinkly till I start my permanent happy haze of bud. Wouldn’t that be nice, being 98 and chillin on your back porch, smoking up with your cat on your lap and a bowl of Spaghetti-O’s?
And isn’t it obvious that since use/possession/distribution of weed IS illegal that we’re not supposed be discussing how to make any bongs!? Poor manhattan…
And AFireInside…even your thread has the bitchy little ring that Travis accuses you of possessing. -beams at you- Aren’t I sweet?
This has gone beyond a GQ, so I’m closing it. Sorry, folks!