Legal High Paraphernalia
The world of the recreational legal high user, like that of any enthusiast from photographers and cricketers to fly fishermen and chess players, is rife with its own jargon. Knowing the difference between a bong and a blunt creates a special bond between members of the group, and being able to spout forth on the relative merits of the Volcano Vaporizer and different varieties of hand-held vaporizers helps make friends and influence people in your social circle.
Bongs share much in common with hookah pipes using, as they do, water as a filter system for the smoke from tobacco and various plant products, as well as cooling it for a more comfortable smoking experience.
Bongs originated in Thailand and Laos, in the Far East, where the name covers most forms of tubular bamboo structures which were originally cut from bamboo shoots. These days in the West, bongs are widely available in many different materials from specialist suppliers. Glass bongs are preferred because of the purity of the smoke produced, without any derivatives from the construction material, but you can also get them made from wood, and acrylic bongs are very popular because it is more difficult to break them than is the case with glass bongs. Roor bongs, made from hand-blown glass, are a top of the range make, and are often collected because of their elegance as well as functionality.
Vaporizers are widely considered the safest way of inhaling herbal compounds and mixtures, as the material is vaporized short of ignition, avoiding the production of smoke and its dangerous toxins.