What is hotboxing: A brief guide

For those of you who are perplexed, “What is hotboxing?” Hotboxing or “clambaking” (rare) is a slang phrase that refers to smoking cannabis in a restricted, airtight space with little or no ventilation. An enclosed room can be anything from your bathroom, car, shed, or any other small enclosed area that traps smoke as it is exhaled and fills the air; when this happens, individuals inside the space or region breathe in both the secondary smoke from the joint, bong, or pipe as well as the direct smoke.

Why do people hotbox?

People have frequently used hotboxing to enhance their high. It is claimed that the cannabis cloud inside a confined area may make you high, similar to smoking two servings of marijuana while using your joint, bong, or pipe and breathing in cannabis smoke over and over again. Some individuals hotbox as an alternative to going overboard and risking becoming too high, so they stay in the box and breathe secondhand smoke.

If you’re planning on hotboxing your car, make sure you park in a safe place!

You’re smoking in your bedroom, and you don’t want to leave, so the room fills up with smoke whether you want it or not. People hotbox for fun all of the time, just to see how much smoke can accumulate in a confined area after cannabis has been burned out.

Does hotboxing get you higher?

Yes! In 2015, researchers at John Hopkins University conducted a study on hotboxing and secondhand cannabis smoke in which six no-smokers were placed inside an enclosed room with six cannabis smokers. The marijuana users were given ten joints and smoked them all in one hour, filling the entire chamber with a heavy cloud of weed smoke. In the second part of our research, we kept everything the same except for one change: Proper ventilation. In conclusion, nonsmokers in the enclosed unventilated space said they felt high while those in the ventilated space didn’t feel high. So yes, you will get high from secondhand smoke and will get even higher from hotboxing.

Where To Hotbox?

It’s time to put what you’ve learned to the test. So now that you know exactly what hotboxing is and how to do it, it’s time for you to give it a try. So let’s look at the many locations where you can hotbox, noting their advantages and disadvantages.

Bathroom hotboxing

Although bathrooms don’t have typical seating, they enable hotboxing because most usually have an extractor fan that clears the weed smoke quickly. So, after you finish your sesh, you simply need to turn on the vent and spray some air freshener. Nobody will be any the wiser.

Car hotboxing

Many weed smokers believe that cars are the best places to hotbox because they’re enclosed spaces. However, this isn’t always the case as cars can be uncomfortable to smoke in due to the way the seats are arranged. Additionally, it’s not advisable to get stopped by the police with your car filled with cannabis smoke. When deciding whether or not to hotbox in your car, consider where you’re parked and how visible the smoke will be from outside of the vehicle.

Hotboxing your bathroom is a good idea, as many bathrooms have extractors that will make cleaning much simpler.

DIY stuff

You may always create your own hotbox site if you’ve gotten tired of constantly hotboxing the same places. You just need a few boxes, blankets, and imagination to do it. There shouldn’t be an issue as long as the area is big enough for you and a friend, allows smoke in, and isn’t too hot.

Closet hotboxing

The final option for hotboxing is closets–and though it may not be the most comfortable, it’s easy to fill a closet with weed smoke. Just remember that your clothes are in there too and they will absorb the smell of marijuana.

Tent hotboxing

If you’ve never hotboxed before, smoking weed in a tent is a great way to start. Not only does it effectively trap the smoke, but it also provides enough room for you to invite a few friends along. Just be sure to have an ashtray on hand, and be careful with dropped ashes or joints—they can easily melt holes or start fires.

Is it dangerous?

Although hotboxing could be dangerous for anyone, it is especially harmful for people with pulmonary conditions. Staying in a sealed room, tent or car will cause oxygen levels to decrease which contributes to the stronger high and poses additional risk. So always keep your hotbox smoking sessions short and never enter a hotbox if you have any respiratory conditions.

FAQ

What does hotboxing mean in slang?

A hotbox, also known as a hotboxing, is when you smoke marijuana in an airtight space or car. The exhaled smoke and smoke from the joint, pipe, or bong are unable to escape because it is trapped and circulated through the area where it is breathed in but not wasted.

What is the purpose of hotboxing?

In most cases, hotboxing is a passing fancy for marijuana users that they occasionally enjoy, but in rare circumstances, individuals hotbox to receive more high from breathing the secondhand smoke while smoking a joint.

How do you hotbox yourself?

If you don’t know how to hot box, here’s a quick explanation. Go to any small, enclosed space like a car or bathroom (it needs to be airtight so the weed smoke doesn’t escape). Get smoking until the room is full of smoke–that means you’ve successfully hotboxed!

Does hotboxing get you higher?

Yes! As previously stated, when hotboxing, you’re inhaling twice the smoke because you’re breathing in both the marijuana smoke trapped in the hotbox as well as the secondhand smoke from other people smoking around you.