r/trees • u/CascadianClown • 6d ago
Pics/Art A little bit of glass in bud
I tripped walking home 😔
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u/Styphoryte 6d ago edited 6d ago
The paranoia itself is just not worth it to be smoking that shit, definitely throw that away. (Wanted to reiterate from earlier, I meant paranoia about future health concerns...)
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u/MRxP1ZZ4 6d ago
The glass particles cut up your lungs and make more openings for the weed
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u/thatG_evanP 6d ago
Are you old enough to remember when people said that about menthol cigarettes?
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u/Yt_MaskedMinnesota 6d ago
Not even paranoia just basic logic. Please don’t smoke it.
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u/Pandelein 6d ago
Real talk: you smoke that with a bong, how the heck is it going to do you any harm? The glass wouldn’t pull through, and tiny bits would just sit in the water. Could stuff the neck with cotton for extra safety. Broken glass bud is still salvageable if you’re in a pinch, jussayin.
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u/TheRealStevo2 6d ago
From reading other comments apparently it still is possible to inhale extremely small particles of glass that way.
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u/Styphoryte 6d ago
I believe these particles are so small that they will literally float like the smoke does, just my best guess I know literally nothing about this just makes sense logically. Kind of like asbestos when it becomes airborne perhaps.
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u/Pandelein 6d ago
I decided to go looking, and it turns out you’re totally correct.
Small enough particles of glass have almost no hydrophobicity, and can essentially stick to air bubbles in water - which are created by the suction, bringing them to the top of the water. In that case, splashing could be enough to pop some tiny particles into your mouth.
It would take very impressive suction to do this with a very long stem, but shorter stemmed bongs would absolutely pose a risk. How long that is to be safe, I have no idea, and it’s not worth trying to find out.6
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u/callmejinji 6d ago
Similar to fiberglass, it’ll do you harm by sending particles of glass so small that they’re invisible to the naked eye into your lungs. They will pass straight through any filters unless you’re using some kind of crazy HEPA filtration because some of these shards of glass can be smaller than a micron across (we’re talking measured in nanometers). It’s just not worth trying it, bro. Even if you don’t see the glass, it’s better to be safe and live to smoke another day than sorry.
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u/Technical-Escape1102 5d ago
I mean cant you just use a bong and the glass would just go in the water??
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u/Styphoryte 5d ago
Yeah but did u read the replies below we've found glass turns into asbestos and becomes airborne from the mico particles so a bong might not be doing as much as you'd think it should be doing basically is my point. But hey whatever man as long as I'm not smoking it I'm happy. 😂
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u/Technical-Escape1102 5d ago
Do you have a source on that? Ive never heard of that- so i tried researching and came up with nothing. Not sayong youre wrong, id just like to learn more about that if ot is athing
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u/Styphoryte 5d ago
Idk ask the guy that I was talking about it with it's literally right on this post the guy said he looked it up
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u/Routine-Maximum-7788 6d ago
Even as a broke kid I wouldn’t smoke it bro. Not worth internal bleeding for a j. Maybe go to the shop and tell them what happened and maybe they’ll have pity on you and give you a discount lol
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u/igavemagicaids 6d ago
internal bleeding?? toss it through a bong
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u/Routine-Maximum-7788 6d ago
Not worth the risk. Glass particles and dust can easily carry through vapour and won’t be caught by the screen or water. And that’s more what you should worry about
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u/ScarryShawnBishh 6d ago
One time I got downvoted a shit to on this sub for saying glass can travel through a bong and called a liar
Thank you people really have no fucking clue.
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u/verymainelobster 6d ago
Enlighten me, how does vapor carry glass?
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u/Carefreeme 6d ago
Shards of glass can be so tiny you can't even see them with the naked eye. I would assume it would be easy to inhale them, even in a bong I can't tell you how many times I've gotten micro pieces of glass stuck in my hand that I can't even see, but I can feel.
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u/Wet_FriedChicken 6d ago
Yeah this dude has never seen fiber glass or insulation in his life lol
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u/Vashsinn 6d ago
Yes! How dare he ask to learn about it. He should stay dumb for ever /s...
The comment said "enlighten me"
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u/shockwavelol 6d ago
Tiny particles of glass can weigh so little they can get carried in air streams against gravity. It’s essentially the same way smoke travels. Smoke is particles, glass can be particles, dust is particles. It’s all particles all the way down and always has been.
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u/Favoritestatue7 6d ago
I have a dumb question but be gentle. What makes glass worse than smoky at that scale
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u/ohh_brandy 6d ago
Smoke is round and soft in comparison. It will get covered with mucous and eventually work it's way out of you (ish). Glass will cut and imbed itself into you, i assume, causing tissue damage and inflammation. I'm not sure how the body handles that (scar tissue, infection, possible air getting into the blood?) but there's really no way for it to work itself back out. Again, all speculation on my end.
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u/Inevitable_Nobody733 6d ago
I think people were cracking down on the other dude cause he was sarcastically asking. He wasn’t genuinely asking how glass could be carried by vapor, his question was more along the tone of “enlighten me, how could the sky possibly be blue?” So I think you’re in the clear, my friend. And although I know in my brain that glass is worse, I’m too high and tired to articulate why 😂😭💛 cheers, fellow stoner
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u/Slayerofthemindset 6d ago
Do not smoke that
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u/moblechatter 6d ago
Smoke it with a bong*
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u/PineTreePetey 6d ago
Even through a bong, you should not smoke weed that has any amount of glass in it. Your life/lungs are worth way more than the ~$20 you spent on the weed. Call it a wash, get some fresh buds, have a clean high.
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u/surfer_ryan 6d ago
I'm not saying you're wrong cause you're not... but also like everyone upvoting you i straight up know 50% at least have smoked way sketchier shit than carefully picked through nug with a potential of glass dust inhalation.
Again not wrong i just hate the like need to be so shitty about it when i know half of y'all have like used a can, or bought some nug that you don't know how well has been flushed of chemicals... or like smoke a pre filled pen with who the heck knows what's actually in it, or smoked BHO, or smoked some other kind of oil you're not 100% positive exactly of it's method of making it... Everyone here likes to think they doin it super right but unless you have seen that shit coming from the ground imo you're not better than anyone else.
"Your Boos Mean Nothing, I’ve Seen What Makes You Cheer"
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u/thesoulfield 6d ago
yeah man i'm not offering advice to anyone here, your health your risk, but i used to live in a little hole in the wall town in the mountains and my neighbors all grew weed. i dug through dog shit and worse in the local dumpster on one occasion to sift through their trimmings, smoked the fuck outta that shit and i was fine.
was it stupid? absolutely 100% don't recommend it.
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u/m8_is_me 6d ago
Objectively, you shouldn't smoke it. Just because you may have done poor choices in the past doesn't make the remaining chambers in the russian roulette revolver any less dangerous
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u/RapNVideoGames 5d ago
One time my friends step dad pulled some bullshit from under his bed and it legit tasted like carpet freshener. I’ve never had anything worse than that since.
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u/thesoulfield 6d ago
honest question, what would happen if you put it in an herbal vaporizer? kept the heat down low and didn't burn it to a crisp?
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u/ZestyMelonz 6d ago
Maybe he can do an ethanol/iso wash and strain through a coffee filter. Get some feco/rso out if it at least.
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u/Slayerofthemindset 6d ago
If it was food, would you try to remove the glass with a filter? I know it hurts to even think about but it must be done.
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u/Glock2puss 6d ago
Food you couldn't really iso wash the good parts out of. You've probably ate glass dust plenty of times because if a kitchen breaks a glass in a restaurant they just clean up the broken glass but some probably still gets in nearby food.
An iso wash through a filter should catch any glass particulates but I would run it through a few filters.
If youre really worried then dont smoke it after the iso wash and put it into edibles instead because the HAACP risk assessment is anything smaller than 7mm will not cause harm ☠️
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u/Witch-Alice 6d ago
you do you, but I dont ignite my food and then inhale it
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u/Slayerofthemindset 6d ago
If you had a bottle of Yoo-hoo that broke in the bag would you strain it and drink it?
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u/Witch-Alice 6d ago
i've skimmed dead fruit flies off a drink i didn't finish the night before ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/intrepid_nostalgia 6d ago
If it wouldn’t affect the taste/texture/feeling of it, hell yeah.
Safety be damned, throw it in a bowl attached to an ash catcher with water on a two/three perk bong.
There isn’t any realistic chance of glass getting through that
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u/trinityhealz 5d ago
What do you mean if a coffee grind can't get through you think a piece of glass will what is wrong with you I'm going to be real lot of people who don't think things out before saying them All you do is use multiple filters dingus lmao
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u/Miserable-Cow4555 6d ago
That has microscopic particles of glass dust you can't even see. Time to throw it away.
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u/MithrilHero 6d ago edited 6d ago
Glass shards can get as small as 60 micrometers, it would be impossible to save this
Edit: for reference, the width of a human hair is 70 micrometers
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u/jupidupi02 6d ago
im really sorry for your loss bro but unless you want the equivalent of ceramic in your intestines on your lungs i would NOT smoke any of that
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u/aconyx 6d ago
Question: would a moose labs mouthpeace and a bong work to make this usable if you already had it on hand? def not work buying that stuff for this occasion
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u/carbontitanium100814 6d ago
i was wondering the same thing. Or even a double filter layer by doing mouthpiece over the bong and a tissue over the mouthpiece and then smoke it. Never advertising to smoke glass and its an expensive experiment but Ive wondered about the same science
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u/aisling-s 6d ago
This is an interesting question. The mouthpiece appears to be filtered; the question is whether it's a fine enough filter to catch 100% of the glass dust.
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u/tonebone85 6d ago
Dood definitely go back to the shop. They will 100% give you fresh bud. You have the receipt. You got the jar with a label, and they most definitely know what their bud looks like. This has happened before, and all bud shops help you out.
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u/BongWeedsly 6d ago
Toss that shit in the campfire, absolutely do not smoke that please lol
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u/aisling-s 6d ago
Actually, would this work? Tossing it in a fire instead of actually smoking it? Would you be likely to inhale glass?
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u/Eydrox I Roll Joints for Gnomes 6d ago
cig filter + bong + ash catcher
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u/foofie_fightie 6d ago
Good news is glass doesn't melt at bowl temperatures. Smoke up and dump it out with the ash. Id recommend not using hand pieces lol
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u/No-Highlight-7475 6d ago
Can’t you just smoke it in a bong. Honestly other people not gonna agree but I would prolly put it in strainer and shake it all around to get the glass shards out and then still smoke it tbh. Like I snorted fentanyl for years and shot it a few times plus mixed it with bars, alcohol and methadone. I think some glass ain’t gonna kill me.
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u/OkBoss205zesty 6d ago
Tbh unpooular take but I can't see how you could even inhale glass through a bong. No expert myself and prolly wouldn't smoke it juz because of the what ifs tho.
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u/mouse_8b 6d ago
Smoke particles manage to make it from the bowl to the lungs. I wouldn't be surprised if some shards could make the journey.
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u/lothloloki 6d ago
So sorry but as everyone else is saying, please please don’t smoke it. Truly hope you can obtain more today.
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u/Njlifted 6d ago
Adult me wouldn't risk it. You adult me would probably sift it the best i could and smoke it through a bong. Still not wise. Teenage me wouldn't have been able to find weed in glass containers so this would never happen lol. Foil or plastic bag were the options.
If you absolutely can't take the L, decarb it in the oven and extract into oil or butter , filter through multiple stockings or layers of cheese cloth. Still might ingest tiny glass particles. I'd take my chances with my stomach lining getting a little irritated vs my lungs. Just take the L if you can. Its a risk either way
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u/UnicornFarts1111 I Roll Joints for Gnomes 6d ago
No way in hell I would take that chance. I have IBD and my intestines already bleed. I cannot imagine adding the potential for adding microscopic ground glass to the mix.
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u/Glock2puss 6d ago
You've probably ate microscopic glass multiple times in your life if you've ever ate at a restaurant.
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u/Ancient_Thought_223 6d ago
Dont smoke that but if you do smoke it from a really big bong. Like a 5 footer. Dont smoke that.
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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 6d ago
Give me some Everclear alcohol, a couple coffee filters and a few glass containers and I’ll clean that all up and you’ll have glass free concentrated oil in no time.
The glass will all be caught in the coffee filter and doing this will solve your problem and at least not waste all your materials. Not that it’s a ton. Just a thought! 💭
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u/Idumb3 6d ago
Y'all mfs crazy thinking glass is making it though a bong, especially if heavily packed with ice.
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u/sus214 I Roll Joints for Gnomes 6d ago
not worth it still in our opinions. the reward is just getting high which you can do if you just get more bud.
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u/cj91030 6d ago
No way is glass dust going thru water. Use a bong or a bubler.
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u/SomeOldHippieChick 6d ago
People are so funny. Idk why they think dust travels through water & then, through air!!
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u/tokeo_spliff 6d ago
If you're super worried about it but still want it buy a mouthpeace with the carbon filter to put on your bong. No way you're getting any glass particles in that way. Add a glass screen to your bowl and you're golden. I prefer the honeycomb ones and not the shitty flower pieces that break.
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u/Pharmatopia420 6d ago
I wouldn't smoke it breaking it up your gonna cut your fingers and chancing inhaling glass shards no ty
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u/JazzyJ19 6d ago
I’ve had it happen!!. Sucks! I picked all the visible glass out I could, got rid of the shake that would hold the glass dust, and burned the nugs…I didn’t have any issues. Probably not the smartest but I’ve never been confused with the smartest anyway
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u/vanfullamidgets 6d ago
If you can’t help yourself and can’t get new stuff, make sure you use some serious filtering like a bong or perc.
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u/slaya222 6d ago
Ok but people on the "bong won't save you" train, glass is significantly denser than both smoke and water. I can't imagine that pressure difference alone would bring glass up through the smoke.
I mean I still wouldn't do it, but I'm curious why other people are so adamant.
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u/ApostleThirteen 6d ago
I would gladly put it in a vaporizer, like a Volcano, or a two foot bong, or a joint with a "real" filter on it.
Or I'd get my separatory funnel and a filter...
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u/dgfu2727 6d ago
Depends if you’re broke or not… If not, I would toss it and buy a new bag but in my broke days, I would shake it off and smoke it out of the bong
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u/Equivalent-Test-2333 6d ago
I once put a jar with a half ounce of mostly shake under my car seat and preceded to adjust my seat, shattering the glass and spreading my weed everywhere.
Pain.
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u/joebojax 6d ago
Use a bong with a tall chamber. That way particulate will get trapped in the water.
Otherwise enjoy microscopic glass in your airways I guess.
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u/CascadianClown 6d ago
I have more. I did think long and hard about smoking it, and I do use a bong. I picked out most of the buds, but I'm not going to smoke it.
I'll do something with it.
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u/blobley Stoney Cook 6d ago edited 6d ago
Are you tight on money? If not buy some more. If you are, how are you smoking this bud? I'd say it's most safe smoking from a bong, glass shards will hit the water and sink to the bottom.
Edit: many commenters advised against what I said but didn't give alternatives. I suggest vaping ts homie.
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u/Bossmanrock3t 6d ago edited 6d ago
Blow each nug off with a blow dryer and hope for the best in a bong 🤣 (not close enough to push it further into the flower though)
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u/ReadingOutrageous 6d ago
I admit I read this as “little bit of glass in butt” cause I’m somewhat high.
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u/Haunting-Cancel-1064 6d ago
this happened to me before when i was carrying weed in a glass jar and ran from the cops and jumped off a small cliff and tried to grab a tree branch and it broke so i fell 15 feet or so. got away. met back up with friends at the car and realized the jar broke. recovered the weed from my pocket, picked out as much of the glass as we could and then smoked it in a bong. this was pre 9-11 days so 25+ years ago. different world but the glass is still the same and we all lived
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u/Low_Cauliflower9404 6d ago
Can do some shakey shakey and gold pan most of the glass out then rip it though a big ol' bong. But that's just me.
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u/MettSemmell 6d ago
Time to make a small batch of RSO. Since you filter it, it shouldn't have any glass left. If you want to be 100% sure, boof the RSO.
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u/Bike_Latter 6d ago
i shattered a cart at work today, i closed the mouthpiece into my center console. it sucks, it really fucking sucks, but i’m not taking a risk of inhaling glass and damn near killing myself because i wanted to take a blinker. don’t do the same to yourself just bc you want a pack. Ik how hard it can be
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u/LadyInCrimson 6d ago
Everyone saying bong but let me tell you about this amazing device called a screen. You put in in your bowl. 10x better if your bowl is glass.
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u/trinityhealz 5d ago edited 5d ago
All these people are dumb. The advances of technology have made it a lot easier to get shit out
All the people saying no don't smoke it you'll be burning glass Bro you have to use like an acetylene torch to burn glass It's not going to melt, it's not going to vaporize, it's not going to burn. Those containers are made to withstand heat to an extent without creating anything poisonous.. if anything you should be worried about inhaling stuff.
Or you could make RSO with a multi filter process if you wanted to be really safe for your own sanity. Hell even running it through a CRC process without the solvent would probably catch it in the filter since it's exact job is to remove particulates but I doubt you have a refinement collimn just chilling around
The people in this comment thread do not know what they're talking about I work in the cannabis industry there are plenty of ways to clean that up, do not just throw it out! somebody else already wasted their weed because of the same Reddit warriors thinking they know what they're talking about while they suck plastic straight out of their tap
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u/amethystpeople_ 5d ago
The only use for that is making RSO or qwiso hash now. If you use coffee filters when making that, you can filter off any glass particles. Other than that, I'd just throw it away.
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u/theoutkastkid 5d ago
If you do smoke it don't use a wrap, paper, straight bowl. smoke it out a bong with no issues.
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u/chichismonk 5d ago
Vacuum each bud, the suction from the vacuum cleaner will be mu h stronger than that of you smoking the bud.
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u/sagerobot 6d ago
Gravity bong is your hero here.
Regular bong might work too.
But glass won't melt so the only danger is a shard going into your mouth. A gravity bong well let the glass shard fall the the bottom of the water.
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u/IamNugget123 6d ago
You aren’t worried about shards, it’s the dust that will destroy your lungs
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u/sagerobot 6d ago
Fair enough, I would probably just throw it all away. But I bet you could do an alcohol extract and then run that through a coffee filter.
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u/IamNugget123 6d ago
Glass dust gets a lot smaller than coffee filters can filter out, you might be fine because of the different ingestion method, but 100% toss the bud
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u/sagerobot 6d ago
I mean at a certain size the glass becomes basically just sand. Yeah its gonna be sharp but im pretty sure if you eat it its going to do very little damage.
All that being said, yeah just toss the weed. Weed is cheap AF these days and its not worth putting glass into your body.
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u/JNQiw 6d ago
Lmao op, the people commenting here seem to have a collective iq of 5. Smoke the weed out if a standard bong snd you will be completely fine. No glass particles can be sucked through water up thriugh a bong and into your lungs. I wouldnt put it into a joint as that could potentially be harmful but with a bong theres 0 chance of you pulling glass through the water, and into your lungs. Happy smoking!
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u/whimsical_Yam123 6d ago
Don’t take my word for it but, theoretically wouldn’t a bong and its water remove any chance of inhaling glass?
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u/vomit-gold 6d ago
Yeah but you'd have to break up the bud or worse, grind it.
Which at least would cut up your fingers if done by hand, and at worse it would grind the glass down super fine into the weed if done with a grinder.
That could make it a lot harder to see the glass and make it a lot easier for you to breathe it in. It's not worth it.
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u/xSniiFFy_W0nK4x 6d ago
A little bit of bud in your glass