How to Roll a Joint Perfectly, according to Science

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.

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0:00.0	So admittedly, I'm really bad at smoking weed.
0:05.2	Go on.
0:06.7	Let's just say that at parties, I have major social anxiety when everyone's like,
0:10.5	oh, here, smoke this.
0:11.6	And I'm like, what is this?
0:12.6	I'm a good Indian girl.
0:13.6	Am I supposed to inhale?
0:15.7	Am I supposed to inhale slowly?
0:18.2	And now, of course, when you're a science journalist, everyone should know how this works.
0:21.8	Right?
0:22.2	Like, you should absolutely understand this.
0:25.2	Yeah, you need to know everything about drugs.
0:27.1	Yeah.
0:28.4	Everything about every drug and every scientific topic in general.
0:32.4	Exactly.
0:33.2	Totally.
0:35.2	This is Tech Quickly, the tech-tastic version of Scientific Americans Science Quickly Podcast.
0:40.5	I'm Sophie Bushwick, tech editor at Scientific American.
0:43.6	And I'm Tulika Bose, a senior multimedia editor at Scientific American.
0:52.4	Scientists have just discovered through the use of a smoking machine,
0:56.5	the kind of joint that will deliver the most cannabinoid per puff.
1:00.8	That is wild.
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