Q&A WITH HSK RESIDENT KUSH DOCTOR

HOW MUCH WEED SHOULD I SMOKE A DAY?

This is a very good question. Depending on the reason you are smoking, and the quality of the weed, the physical amount may very on a daily basis. If you are already smoking every day, it might be more important to look at how you are smoking as opposed to how much. Smoking weed everyday is not easy for your lungs, and I know many “pot-only” smokers who have developed a smokers cough. Generally, a vaporizer is considered the easiest way for your lungs to absorb THC. A vaporizer works by fillings a bag with a “vapor” that comes from heating the marijuana to the point where only the THC rein evaporates off the leaves. This saves your lungs from inhaling the rest of the plant matter. Water bongs also help filtrate impurities, though to a much lesser degree.

In my opinion there is no point where you can smoke too much in a day. Over medicating will lead to sedation, sleep or “passing out,” but you cannot “overdose” on marijuana and die. Some people do vomit if they smoke a lot, but that might be because they cough after the inhale. The great thing about marijuana as medicine is that you can judge how much you need on a daily basis for yourself. Your doctor will not prescribe 2 puffs off a joint 3 times a day, but they will say smoke some weed if it helps your ills.

WHATS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT STILL SMOKE BULLSHIT WEED AND CALL IT KUSH?

Kush is a term that has lost a lot of it’s original meaning within canna-culture. Originally, Kush referred to some of the Indica landrace strains from the Middle East such as Hindu Kush, or Afgani Kush. Today, Kush is used to refer to any high quality marijuana, regardless of origin or Indica/Sativa ratio. Most of the pot you get in medical marijuana dispensaries is of higher quality than what you would find on the street, and it is much more likely to be a true Kush. To put it simply, most of the medicating community is smoking Kush, while most of the people still buying on the street are smoking stress. That said, everyone has their hook-ups.