Psychoactive herbs legally available in Poland include: lemon balm, mint, sage and chamomile. Smoking them may be perceived by the body slightly differently than drinking infusions. As ridiculous as it may seem to some, there are supporters of smoking psychoactive herbs as readily available and legal drugs. While it may seem tempting to feel at ease with the use of psychoactive herbs, the question remains: does it actually work? And is smoking herbs at all safe?

Smoking psychoactive herbswith an intoxicating purpose is an idea resulting from the fact that people have long been looking for new experiences and trying new things. Because although smoking various substances is associated more with smoking or smoking marijuana, there are also people whosmoke psychoactive herbs .

Contents:

  1. What are the effects of smoking psychoactive herbs?
  2. Do psychoactive herbs help you quit smoking?
  3. Is smoking psychoactive herbs safe?

In various sources, you can find information about smoking such substances as: tea, mint, lemon balm, chamomile or sage. If the herbs are in the right form (i.e. in the form of dried leaves), they can be smoked. The only question is: why smoke herbs?

What are the effects of smoking psychoactive herbs?

Probably the first association that appears in the context of smoking herbs is that it is taken by people who want to get intoxicated - smoking herbs can be considered in the context of drugs.

Indeed - information on smoking herbs can be found primarily on various drug forums on the Internet. There are opinions that smoking, for example, mint, tea or lemon balm can lead to the appearance of cheerfulness, elevated mood or even hallucinations (hallucinations).

Opinions on the occurrence of such effects of smoking herbs are divided. In fact, the so-called feeling the high can result from inhaling even the caffeine contained in roasted tea. On the other hand, the above-mentioned sensations may not occur as a result of smoking herbs, but rather in connection with a strong self-suggestion in people trying to intoxicate themselves in this way.

Smoking herbshowever, it is not only the possibility of intoxication. Lemon balm or chamomile infusion has a calming effect, drinking green tea is supposed to provide the body with valuable antioxidants.

Supporters of smoking herbs argue that when taken in this form, they can also have such an effect. For example, smoking tea (especially green tea) would result in an increase in energy to act, a feeling of relaxation and tranquility. In turn, the effects of smoking chamomile would be to calm down, and even alleviate problems with the digestive tract (such as, for example, abdominal pain).

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The narcotic effect of smoking herbs may be especially true of smoking mint, because some people believe that the taste of roasted mint is similar to that of smoking marijuana. However, unlike marijuana, mint does not have THC, which is an ingredient responsible for the psychological effects of its consumption.

Do psychoactive herbs help you quit smoking?

Smoking herbs is sometimes mentioned as a way to end tobacco addiction. In such a situation they would replace traditional cigarettes, similar to e.g. electronic cigarettes which are gaining more and more popularity.

After all, herbal cigarettes do not contain nicotine, which is responsible for addiction, and at the same time, using them allows the addicted person to maintain the old habit of smoking.

Smoking mint and smoking tea are the most frequently mentioned alternatives to tobacco cigarettes. It is indeed possible to consider helping to smoke herbs if you want to quit smoking, but is it really not dangerous to your he alth?

Is smoking psychoactive herbs safe?

Comprehensive research on the smoking of psychoactive herbs has not really been carried out so far, and there is probably nothing to expect in the near future. The reason for this is, for example, the fact that conducting such analyzes would simply be inconsistent with ethical principles.

There is one thing that can be said about the safety of smoking psychoactive herbs: probably no doctor will say that the use of tea, lemon balm or mint for this purpose does not threaten the he alth of patients.

While smoking herbs, nicotine is actually not delivered to the body, but other substances do get into the respiratory tract. They can be both carbon monoxide andvarious types of carcinogens, i.e. substances that contribute to the development of neoplastic diseases.

The potential effects of smoking herbs (such as calming down or feeling relaxed) may seem encouraging, but it is not worth exposing yourself to the possible dangers of smoking such substances.

It is therefore safe for he alth to prepare a decoction of lemon balm, sage or green tea - consuming the drinks mentioned above can calm down or provide the body with valuable antioxidants.

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Psychology