Consuming cannabis has become more accepted for the benefits cannabis has for people. So a big question many people have is "what is the best way or healthiest way to consume cannabis". With the legalization in many states we want to give you some insights to the healthiest way to consume cannabis since we have been in the business of this since 2004 making the Silver Surfer Vaporizer, aka SSV, and making dry herb vaporizers is what we do as a passion. Even Harvard thinks dry herb vapes are a pretty decent way to consume cannabis. Remember to only consume cannabis legally and responsibly.
It can be debated on which is the safest or cleanest way to consume. We feel vaping is the cleanest and healthiest way to consume cannabis, but we are NOT doctors and this is just from personal use and experience in life with many people.
Vaping dry herbs wins over edibles, even though we do feel edibles are pretty clean for your body, if not the cleanest way. But why do we think vaping dry herbs wins for the healthiest way to consume cannabis? With vaping flower you are in much more control. Within 5 minutes you can feel something. It is a lot easier to get where you need to be, while also allowing you to not over do it. Edibles have a tendency to sometimes not work, or work too well. Good edibles will always work if they work with you, but they take hours to work, and last too long sometimes.
We feel that vaping dry herbs with a desktop vaporizer like the Silver Surfer is the way to go. Our bodies have an endocannabinoid system and cannabis is the only known plant that works with it. In this list below we will go over the ways people choose to consume cannabis. You can then decided for yourself on what you think is the healthiest way to consume cannabis. Maybe not consuming is the best choice, but for some, cannabis is for them.
1 - Dry Herb Vaporizer
The dry herb vape is for sure our top way of consuming cannabis. There are so many benefits to a vape compared to smoking for sure!
- Vaping has a higher bioavailability than smoking or combustion. Using a desktop vape like an Elev8 vape allows for up to 80% bioavailability, while smoking is about 30%.
- Lower hazards than smoking with less tars and carcinogens
- The flavor is phenomenal compared to smoking
- You can eat the left over duff allowing you for some of the best edibles if you want, and you use 100% of the flower.
- Higher concentrations of THC
- Fairly quick effects, about 3-8 minutes
- Clean on your glass
2 - Edibles
Edibles will not harm your lungs. The downside is they take a while to work. The upside is you metabolize slower and the effects last longer. There are a lot of options if you choose edibles as a healthy and maybe the cleanest way to consume cannabis
- They are clean for your body. We find them great for bedtime!
- Slow effects, about 1-2 hours.
- Up to 20% bioavailability
3 - Pens and Dabs
This is basically consuming of concentrates. There is a LOT of ways to consume cannabis concentrates, but we feel they are all the same.
- At the right temperature the same bioavailability as vaping dry herbs.
- Not as full spectrum as dry herbs.
- Who know what the flower was like before they extracted?
- Dabbing with a torch can seem no so cool. Using a Silver Surfer with dab dish is pretty stylish!
- Dabs can contain containments from the extraction
- High the dabs are bad
4 - Water Pipe or Bong
Ya, these are the same thing. While they do help a lot with smoke by cooling it and filtering some, you are still combusting. The beauty of a water pipe is you can always connect them to a desktop vaporizer like the Silver Surfer with a water pipe adapter.
5- Pipe
We LOVE glass, and a pipe is just part of the lifestyle. They are convenient and easy to use.
6- Joint or Blunt
A joint may be a little healthier than a blunt as there is not tobacco products in a joint. Blunts tend to have a big amount of tobacco associated with them.
We put tinctures and other things here as it is just not a form of consumption many people prefer.
There really is no "safe" way so smoke or consume cannabis though your lungs, but there are healthier and safer options than one may know.
