Shotgun (cannabis)
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In the slang of consumers of cannabis, shotgun (or shotties in some places) can have one of a number of meanings. The most common meanings refer either to smoking methods that require that one person exhales through lit herb while another inhales the resultant smoke, or to devices that rapidly increase the speed with which smoke passes through a smoking implement.
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[edit] Origination of the term
The name shotgun comes from the use of a Shotgun as a pipe in the Vietnam War. The shotgun would be unloaded and the breach left open, into which a pipe was placed. After being lit, one soldier would blow into the pipe while another would inhale smoke from the business end of the barrel.
[edit] Form of blowback
The blowing of a "shotgun" or "super" is another name for kind of blowback. When smoking a marijuana cigarette of some sort, typically a hollowed-out cigar called a "blunt", two people can participate in the blowing of a shotgun. When the cigarette is nearly burned all the way through, the lit end is placed in one person's mouth, with his lips clenched tightly on the unburning end. Another person (or both) forms a tube with his or their hands, and the person with the cigarette in his mouth exhales forcefully, forcing the smoke into the other person's mouth. A shotgun is best "blown" not with a very short blunt, but with a longer one as there is less heat built up in the "blower's" mouth. The blunt must, however, be short enough that its airway is not too blocked and letting little smoke out.
This practice is sometimes regarded as intimate, and to be performed only between friends or lovers. Sometimes in this situation, the person receiving the shotgun puts their mouth directly onto the cigarette in the other person's mouth, so that their lips may touch in a sort of kiss. In other contexts, there is little notion of intimacy involved, and a shotgun may be performed between and amongst complete strangers.
[edit] Other meanings
- A No-Joint Shotgun Often the shotgun (as described above) doesn't actually involve a joint or a blunt at all. Sometimes (and again, between lovers or close friends), one person inhales very deeply, holds the smoke in his/her lungs and then literally blows directly into the other person's mouth. This is regarded as very intimate and mostly carried out as part of a sexual relationship, though not always. It's quite efficient, because both get the effect of what otherwise would have been exhaled up in the air. The hit is not usually very potent, as the greatest part of the THC content is absorbed in the first few seconds. This technique may also be used if the receiving party finds the smoke from the blunt or joint to be too harsh if inhaled directly.
- Secondary hole in a pipe (also known as a carburetor or "carb"): Many pipes, particularly glass pipes, have a small hole on the side near the bowl that allows air to directly enter the barrel of the pipe, bypassing the bowl. Initially, this hole is plugged with a finger while the material is lit inside the bowl. Once the pipe is filled with smoke, the shotgun is released, rapidly increasing the speed at which the smoke enters the lungs of the recipient since the inhaler no longer feels the resistance provided by the substance in the pipe. This practice is equivalent to removing the slide on a bong.
- Practice related to smoking a gravity bong: A shotgun occurs when the smoker carefully inhales and exhales repeatedly in sync with raising and lowering the bottle, repeatedly forcing the smoke into his lungs.
- A type of bong: Shotgun (popular parlance 'shotty') is a home-made device similar to a bong used in the UK. It consists of a 500ml bottle that has two small holes melted through the plastic. One of these holes holds a joint, and the other serves as a rush hole. Alternativly, a 'shotty tube' can be used as a substitute for the joint. This is a small metal pipe, into which a small amount of tobacco is placed, over which cannabis is layered. In either case the objective of the shotgun is to build up a large reserve of smoke in the chamber, before quickly inhaling (shotgunning). The rush hole is common, although not used universally.
- Double-barrel shotgun: A shotgun, or double-barrel shotgun, is the practice of smoking two cannabis cigarettes, stuck adjacent to each other and smoked simultaneously.
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