Quitting weed, how long to until no longer coughing up black stuff?

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I cough up black stuff all day.

We'll all be dead soon so what does it matter.I'd take up crack but I hear it's very moreish.

Sheer up mate!

There's a light at the end of the tunnel

No it makes perfect sense..

When you smoke weed... You kill the ignorance that comes about by statements you made in the first place..

Indeed.

Bathe in BAKING SODA, nothing can help your body purge of tar faster than this, especially if you have a jet tub (baking soda ruins the motor after a short while though fyi).

Sport, I've smoked weed for over thirty years [but, NEVER Tobacco!]- and, for the past two I've been stoned 18 hours out of every 24 [it's my ONLY "medication"] and I've never coughed up anything, green, red or black... NADA! Sounds like you have much deeper issues to deal with than pot-smoking.

Last Edited by GSB/LTD on 05/14/2011 11:06 AM

Quit smoking cigs cuz I couldn't breathe.. told myself the pot was ok ...cleared my lungs...smoked cigs for over 15 years pot too ... Now for what ever reason if I don't smoke for a few days .. I cough up black stuff :( I can tell it's from not smoking ...I hope it stops .. I've smoked everything long enough

I smoke cigarettes daily and cough up this brown/black shit all the time. I smoked weed almost constantly for a few years and it's been about 3-4 months since I've smoked green.

Wonder why then, if the chemicals in cigarettes restrict the lungs from being able to expell much of anything, I cough up this stuff several times a day. (I should add that I smoke hand-rolled cigarettes in case that makes any difference)

yea ... i coughed that crap up from cigs. then i quit years ago.. never coughed up black crap from pot though unless id smoked ALOT at a single time

it's not the weed, it's the butane from your bic.

the uncombusted stuff is nasty. the residue in my pipe is very different now that i've switched to wooden matches.

I bet your weed was contaminated.
"Clean weed" is hard to come by, as commercial growers all use accelerators & pesticides.
Very often it is grown in a dirty rotten stinkhole.

You have a great cardio-vascular regiment. Stop you physical activity and give it time to let the tar build up. You'll be coughing the crap out in no time.

I have to believe you are not being completely open. If you are coughing up black stuff you have a problem that goes beyond smoking weed through a bong. Do you live in a highly industrial area? Do you work in a coal mine? You should save that black stuff and speak to your physician about getting it analyzed. Coughing up black stuff is one sign of an number of very serious pulmonary problems, none of them nice, most eventually fatal without appropriate treatment.

Both are possibilities. If it is old blood then there is likely also scar tissue in the lungs, which needs to be dealt with.

If he has so much tar that he is coughing up black stuff then he is also not breathing, so cannot cough.

Thank goodness some common sense. Without a proper check it is impossible to say exactly what is going on. There is also the possibility of fungus infection, which is not nice.

Do you drink? I get that when I sleep with my mouth open all night (mostly after a pint of bourbon). I get extra phlegm in the back of my throat and it catches all kind of dust. Happens whether or not I'm smoking weed. I don't smoke anything else but the VERY occasional cigar. I can stop smoking for months and it doesn't matter. It was kind of scary until I figured out what it was. Sounds alot like what you describe.

Dude, you dont have to quit weed, you have to quit SMOKING weed.

Just Vaporize the THC and do not Burn the weed.

What you do is Sublimate the THC into Vapor from the bud.

Geez noob.

That black stuff is only from combustion.

Its NOT from the THC.

Probably about 3.743 seconds after you die

I've been smoking weed every day for 4 years straight and I cough up black and brown mucus every day. I've only had 4-5 packs of cigs since I quite ever day usage last christmas.

You will be much happier with a Vaporizer.

OR

At the very least remove all the plant matter by turning your bud into Hash.

The Combustion of the Plant matter is the source of your black spit.

Stop combusting plant matter.

You only want to sublimate the THC.

I'm going to do what I should have done in the first place and just see my GP.

I quit smoking cigs about 7 years ago, but I kept smoking mary jane until a few weeks ago when I decided that chapter of my life was no longer sustainable. I coughed up tons of tar/particulate when I quit cigarettes, and now I'm coughing up tons more since I quit pot. I just wanted to get a consensus on how long other folks experienced the same thing (which it sounds like it takes anywhere from 6 months to a year depending on use), but I have to say that some people here are very ignorant on both ends of the spectrum.

If you currently smoke pot and/or cigarettes you need to understand that it literally paralyzes the cilia in your lungs, thus preventing much of the particulate you inhale from being expelled. When this happens tar builds up on the air sacs in the lungs, which inhibits the ability of the air sacs to expand when breathing, and can causing the air sac to explode. It's like trying to blow up a balloon with tar stuck to it, and when enough of these sacs finally deteriorate, emphysema has officially taken hold and your pretty much screwed. I ignored this fact for a long time, but realized I wasn't kidding anyone except myself.

Now with that being said I also know that the human body is amazing at healing itself when given the opportunity. Whoever says your lungs won't heal doesn't know what they're talking about (unless of course you've already brought on emphysema or cancer), but it's definitely going to take time. Make sure to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and I personally recommend taking some sort of supplement with omega-3's to help reduce inflammation and improve blood flow. 1000mg of high quality fish oil is okay, but new research is showing krill oil is much better since it's easier for your body to absorb and doesn't have that fishy aftertaste. 1 x 300mg of Schiff brand Mega Red Oil seems to be a great alternative.

I hope this helps those who have basic questions, and here are a few short videos to reinforce my points:

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What about the millions of users who have quit cold turkey, either for a job or for other personal reasons and can attest to the fact that marijuana is not very physically addictive at all? Are they special, is that why? Seriously, what's your explanation? Do you just choose to ignore actual reality and prefer to spin your moral compass in every direction, making you look like a savage lunatic?

this isn't as uncommon as others on here are making it seem....i mean, i've heard on many weed forums that this is not uncommon, anyway.

i've been smoking for over 10 years and about 3 or 4 years in i had a (ill admit, don't hate, people make mistakes!) crack habit for about a year.

i don't know if i was coughing up black shit before that, when i just smoked weed n cigs....but its been over 7 years without crack and i still cough up black or grey stuff sometimes.

then again, when i get sick i cough up specks of blood, so maybe you should at least get a clear from a doctor! <3

You are correct
Weed opens the mind. Anyone who spews propaganda are ignorant.

You doin a lot of resin hits OP?


While it's definitely true that a bong is super tar heavy you shouldn't be coughing up any particulate besides phlegm unless something else is wrong...