A pipe is a tool used for smoking. Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen, or Terbrugghen, (1588 &ndash Nov 1 1629) was a Dutch painter and a leading member of the Dutch followers Smoking is a practice where a substance most commonly Tobacco, is burned and the Smoke tasted or inhaled The designs of pipes vary considerably, but for the most part they are reusable and consist of a chamber, or bowl, in which the substance to be smoked is placed, a stem of some sort and a mouthpiece through which the smoke is sucked or inhaled.
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History
Herodotus described Scythians inhaling the fumes of burning leaves to induce intoxication. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash In Classical Antiquity, Scythia ( Greek Skuthia) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. Intoxication is the state of being affected by one or more psychoactive drugs. The substance they smoked may have been cannabis, as it has been smoked in Africa and Asia since ancient times. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a [1]
In the Middle East and Central Asia, cannabis resin was collected from living plants and used to make hashish. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south Resin, not to be confused with Rosin, is a Hydrocarbon Secretion of many Plants particularly coniferous trees. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Hashish (from Arabic: ar حشيش, lit "grass" also hash) is a preparation of cannabis composed of the compressed The hookah of India and the narghile of Persia, both of which filter smoke through water, were both developed as a means to smoke this gummy brown substance. A hookah (हुक़्क़ा حقّہ hukkah) is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based water pipe for Smoking. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A hookah (हुक़्क़ा حقّہ hukkah) is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based water pipe for Smoking. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life.
Native Americans smoked tobacco in pipes long before the arrival of Europeans. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. The calumet, or peace pipe, was smoked in ceremony to seal covenants and treaties. A peace pipe, also called a calumet or medicine pipe, is a ceremonial Smoking pipe used by many Native American tribes traditionally as a token A ceremony is an activity infused with Ritual significance performed on a special occasion A covenant, in its most general sense is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America [1]
In Asia during the 1800s, opium (which previously had only been eaten) was added to tobacco and smoked in pipes. Opium is a Narcotic formed from the Latex (ie sap released by lacerating (or "scoring" the immature seed pods of opium poppies ( Madak (the mixture of opium and tobacco) turned out to be far more addictive than orally-ingested opium, leading to social problems in China which culminated in the Opium Wars. Madak was a blend of Opium and Tobacco used as a recreational intoxicant smoking mixture in 17th and 18th century China. The term " addiction " is used in many contexts to describe an obsession compulsion or excessive Physical dependence or psychological dependence such as Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affect many or all members of a Society and are considered to be problems controversies related to Moral values China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Opium Wars ( also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, lasted from 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860 the climax of a trade dispute between China under the Qing [1]
In the 20th century, pipe smoking has been adopted as a preferred method of consumption for a variety of psychoactive drugs and some users claim it is a more intense method of ingestion. A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a Chemical substance that acts primarily upon the Central nervous system where it alters Brain
Some scholars cite the development of smokable crack cocaine as the genesis of a law enforcement problem of a scale not presented by cocaine's previous nasally-ingested form. Crack cocaine or crack is a solid smokable form of Cocaine. It is a freebase form of cocaine that can be made using baking soda ( Sodium bicarbonate
Likewise, methamphetamine has gained popularity in a crystalline form which may be either smoked in a pipe or crushed and inhaled through the nose. In Materials science, a crystal is a Solid in which the constituent Atoms Molecules or Ions are packed in a regularly ordered repeating When not applied to a cigarette or joint, the liquid form of PCP is typically smoked in a pipe with tobacco or marijuana. A cigarette ( French "small Cigar " from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through Smoking and manufactured Joint is slang for a Cigarette rolled using cannabis. Usually Rolling papers (mostly made by subsidiaries of major tobacco Phencyclidine (a complex clip of the chemical name phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, commonly initialised as PCP) is a Dissociative drug Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a [2]
Instruments
Pipes have been fashioned of an assortment materials including briar, clay, ceramic, corncob, glass, meerschaum, metal, porcelain, gourd, stone, wood and various combinations thereof, most notably, the classic English calabash pipe. is an old style Japanese Smoking pipe. Kiseru were used for smoking a wide variety of substances including Tobacco, Cannabis, and Opium. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The tree heath ( Erica arborea) is a Shrub or small Evergreen Tree with a typical height of 1-4m with some Specimens reaching Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained Minerals which show plasticity through a variable range of Water content, and The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός ( keramikos) A corncob is the central core of a Maize (Zea mays ssp mays L Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many is a soft white Mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (Meerschaum whence also the French name for the same substance The M acro E xpansion T emplate A ttribute L anguage complements TAL, providing macros which allow the reuse of code across Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures This article refers to the Dried fruit shell For the alternative country musical group of a similar name see The Gourds. In Geology, rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of Minerals and/or Mineraloids The Earth's outer solid layer the ‘ Lithosphere Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs See also Smoking pipe A pipe for Tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl for the Combustion of the Tobacco
Some are designed with special mechanics, such as the different forms of Water Pipe. See also Bong (disambiguation A bong, also commonly known as a water pipe, is a smoking device generally used to smoke cannabis, Tobacco Others are designed with the demands of the smoking material in mind, such as the all-glass pipes used for smoking methamphetamine. [2]
Pipes also vary across a wide spectrum of cost and complexity, from hookahs made with hand-blown glass and fitted with precious metals to the pipes of un-glazed clay that were popular in Europe and the Americas for centuries. Precious Metal is the eighteenth episode in the of the popular American Crime drama, which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Culture
The customs, vocabulary and etiquette that surrounds pipe smoking culture vary across the world and depend both on the people who are smoking and the substance being smoked. Smoking is a practice where a substance most commonly Tobacco, is burned and the Smoke tasted or inhaled
For example, in the Western world, tobacco pipe smoking has sometimes been seen as genteel or dignified and has given rise to a variety of customized accessories and even apparel such as the smoking jacket, and the Pipe Smoker of the Year award in the UK. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings A smoking jacket is an item of Clothing, now relatively rare specifically designed for the purposes of smoking Tobacco, usually in the form of pipes Pipe Smoker of the Year was an Award given out annually by the British Pipesmokers' Council to honour a famous pipe-smoking individual
Cannabis culture has its own traditions concerning pipe smoking and these differ from tobacco pipe smoking. Drug subcultures are examples of Countercultures primarily defined by Recreational drug use. For example, unlike tobacco smokers, marijuana smokers typically follow a custom of sharing a single pipe among two or more people.
By necessity, pipe smokers ingesting methamphetamine and the smokable forms of cocaine put great importance on the proper application of heat so that the drug liquefies and vaporizes without carbonization. Vaporization of an element or compound is a Phase transition from the Liquid phase to Gas phase Carbonization or Carbonisation is the term for the conversion of an Organic substance into Carbon or a carbon-containing residue through Pyrolysis
In recent years, "hookah bars" have appeared in college towns and urban areas in America. The hookah lounge (also called a shisha bar, especially in Britain and parts of Canada is an establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored Tobacco) from a communal A college town or university town is a community (often literally a Town, but possibly a small or medium sized City, or in some cases a Neighborhood [3]
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References
External link
- Pipedia A Wiki type website dedicated to pipe making. See also Smoking pipe A pipe for Tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl for the Combustion of the Tobacco MidwakhJPG|thumb|A screened single-toke utensil such as the Midwakh (shown here or Kiseru, permits 25-mg
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