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Second hand weed smoke does not lead to any meaningful increase in THC plasma concentration

> Second hand weed smoke does not lead to any meaningful increase in THC plasma concentration

Every high school stoner that's hot boxed a car before class with friends knows firsthand that's not an accurate statement.

But smelled in passing outdoors, sure.

As a former hotboxing teenager I would argue that hot boxing a car doesn't do anything to increase THC plasma concentration, but it is a great way to restrict oxygen

As someone who for much of his youth socialized with pot smokers without being one himself, I've had enough "contact highs" just from sharing enclosed spaces with these people to know the second-hand effects are present (though weak).

If hot boxing a car over an hour consumes enough oxygen to matter it wouldn't be possible to sleep in a car without running out of oxygen. A couple blunts doesn't consume that much.

Restrict != run out

My point is that the oxygen consumed over the duration of hotboxing a car is so trivial compared to spending hours sleeping in a car that if the former has any effect the latter should too.

What makes you think that it doesn't?

Automobile passenger compartments are vented, otherwise there'd be problematic pressure spikes on door/hatch closures. You're not getting deprived of oxygen sleeping in a vehicle.

What is the rate of air exchange in a closed passenger compartment of a vehicle that is not running?

Likewise, what is the rate of CO2 production from an average sedentary human?

On top of that, what is the rate of combustion byproduct production from burning plant matter in a closed passenger compartment?

I like to believe molecules dont dissappear at random so I assume one passing breath of the high concentration strains has an effect on people who are not tolerant, but maybe something magical happens so those particular thc molecules have no effect.

Similar to "these pesticides are dumped far from people and definitely are not harmful." Until I see population studies I believe molecules entering the body have effects and in complex systems those effects are unpedictable. You claim there is no effect of adding these new molecules into a population of ~10M, a strong claim that would be the first time "psycoactive substance I use for the mood altering affect has no affect on others."

I didn't realize THC was a new molecule

An increase from 0 to a tiny and insignificant amount is an increase of infinity percent.

But it isn't pharmacogically relevant

For some people -- some people will die if peanut dust gets in their mouth. We decided to use warnings and labels for this small subgroup.

Sorry but THC is not an allergen, it doesn't work like that. People aren't magically thousands of times more sensitive to a neurotransmitter than others. Yea there is some variation but not like that

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