How to smoke a joint? Rolling a joint is usually considered to be the hard part but smoking weed is actually not as simple as you might imagine either. There is a range of things you need to know when it comes to lighting up a weed joint for the first time, from technique or etiquette. After all, you want to be sure that you are doing it right in order to have the best experience possible. In addition, there’s nothing that can annoy regular weed smokers more than a beginner who ruins the whole joint. As long as you follow the steps we outline here, you won’t have anything to worry about. You will be able to enjoy puffing away with your buddies without even a hint of any fear of embarrassment. Remember to practice all these steps a few more times and you will soon be an adept joint roller who knows exactly what they are doing.
A step-by-step guide to rolling a joint
Before you start smoking your stash, you will need to roll the joint. Now, if you are a newbie it is wise for you to have someone do this for you. If not, you can follow these steps:
- Get some rolling paper (shorter rolling paper makes rolling easier), a piece of cardboard or a filter tip, some weed and a grinder.
- Grind up your weed using the grinder then pour it into the crease of the rolling paper, making sure the sticky edge is at the top.
- Roll up the filter tip and put it at one end of the rolling paper, making sure it is in line with the crease.
- Pick up the rolling paper carefully then roll the weed into a cone-like cylinder.
- Tuck the underside of the rolling paper over the contents of your joint then fold the sticky edge forward.
- Lick the sticky edge of the joint and smooth it down.
- Tape the contents of the joint down then twist the end off, making sure none falls out.
If that all sounds a bit complicated, let marijuana legend Seth Rogen talk you through it. Congratulations have managed to get a joint. Don’t be discouraged if yours does not look as aesthetically pleasing as the weed joints you have seen. This was your first time and if it is holding together and it is relatively sturdy, you should be very proud of yourself. Give yourself a good old pat on the back and tell yourself that you will only get better at rolling joints with more practice.
How to light your joint
If you have ever smoked cigarettes in the past you probably think that you can skip reading this part and you’ll be fine. However, lighting a joint is quite different from blazing up a cigarette. In fact, if you try lighting your joint using the same technique cigarette smokers use, you may end up with uneven burning ( known as side-burn) that could ruin your first weed experience. In order to light your weed joint properly, ensuring that losing your joint virginity is the best experience as it can be, follow these simple rules:
Toast the end of your joint before you start puffing, do this by holding the flame towards the end of the joint then spinning the joint in your hand to ensure that the entire ‘head’ of your joint burns evenly. Once the head of your joint is sufficiently toasted, you can take a small drag on the joint. This should make the end of the joint start burning. Check to ensure that the head burns evenly, and if it does not, get your lighter again then set the flame to the area which is still lagging. Take a few smaller puffs of the joint until the ‘cherry’ (the red ember found at the end of the joint) is evenly burning and visible.
How to inhale weed smoke properly
As a newbie smoker, you may not be too sure how to inhale cannabis properly. Maybe you have seen TV characters taking a small drag into their mouths then releasing it before it has had a chance to enter their lungs. This is just a case of bad acting and not the actual way to smoke weed, that’s if you want to get high. In order to realize the effects of cannabis, you want to pull the smoke right into your mouth (a small amount is fine to start with) then, with the inward breath, inhale the smoke into your lungs. This ensures that the THC and all the other cannabinoids from the cannabis are able to be fully absorbed by the spongy tissue in your lungs.
After taking one or two small hits, just sit back and relax while paying attention to how you feel. If, after about 20 minutes, you still feel fine and think you want some more, then light up again and enjoy it! Remember, you need to flick the ash off of the end of your joint periodically. You do not want it to fall in your lap as you blaze away.
Weed smoking etiquette
With the practical aspects involved in properly smoking covered, let us now have a look at the etiquette that you will be expected to stick to when smoking weed with seasoned stoners. First of all, most weed smokers around the globe observe a rule popularly known as roller’s rights. This means whoever rolls the joint is the one who gets to light it up, it is simple really.
Secondly, the joint usually gets passed to the left. This is commonly thought to be a rule thanks to Pass the Dutchie, the famous smoker’s song by Musical Youth. Then; puff, puff, pass. This simply means that you have to take two hits of the joint then pass it along to the next person (typically to the left). No one likes a joint hog. No matter what happens, do not get the joint wet! One more thing, you need to try not to soak the end of the joint with your spit. It is quite gross and no one will appreciate that.
Folks, there you have it. That is our complete beginner’s guide to smoking a joint properly. Simply study all these guidelines and be sure to put them into practice. This way your first experience smoking a joint will be one to remember – for all the right reasons!
