Does inhaling secondhand pot smoke cause irritation in the throat?

[Anonymous]

I went to this party a few days ago. Everybody but me and a few others were smoking weed in a house and there were no windows open, so it was all stuffy with smoke and very HOT!

My throat has become irritated so much it feels weird when I drink :(. I thought it was from allergies, since I have been sneezing all day even, but even an allergy pill doesn't do much help! But my throat feels irritated... and my nose is runny from sneezing!

I'm afraid for my health since I heard you could get high off that stuff and I don't smoke but can it damage your brain, throat, lungs, if I was exposed for like 30 minutes of that smoke?

I knew I should not have gone.

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I've NEVER felt my throat hurt like now. It's been like this for like 2 days! So I'm suspecting it was caused from the smoke.

[aMuse]

Smoke in general whether from a pot, cigarettes, a fire place, forest fire, etc. acts as a minor irritant. Most people would not be bothered by it. You specifically have allergies. Allergies that currently active, can be made worse through that minor irritation from smoke. No one is really allergic to smoke. Allergies have to do with an inflammation response by your immune system to specific allergens due to a hypersensitivity to them.

If you were to get high off of weed smoke you would have been high a few days ago and it would have passed in a few hours. It's not like it's going to creep up on you a week latter and make you high... *smh* THC the drug in pot does not kill brain cells... It temporarily interferes with the brain's neurons normal communication process.

[yopyopyop]

You don't risk anything at all from what you "experienced".

Maybe you took a cold because the house was farmer warmer than the outside because everything was closed.

You have to keep in mind that weed is flowers, basically. So if you have hay fever, it could have started it all.

[Asker]

I still think it was the smoke...

[yopyopyop]

I've never heard of anyone catching a sore throat from 30 min of passive inhalation.

Was it such a fog that there was no visibility past 2 feet ? ;)

You seem to be terrified by weed. Could it be a psychological reaction ?

[baxterp]

Yes, it was smokey. :( Horrible, beer everywhere. :( Everyone was out of control (drinking. smoking, etc.) and I haven't ever been in that kind of environment. Maybe it IS psychological as well, but I'm pretty sure my throat is the physical evidence of it being harmful to my sinuses, too. My throat and sneezes have never been this bad. Ever. Even my eras feel itchy!

[yopyopyop]

I've already had a sore throat from smoking too much, but that was over the course of several days of abuse.

[baxterp]

I must be sensitive then to the smoke then, since my body is not used to inhaling weed..

[rachiee]

Secondhand smoke definitely can do that especially if you're in a non vented room. I don't think you have any serious damage since your exposure to it was for a minor amount of time and only once.

Drink something cold and get throat drops (the things that are like cough drops). Also vitamin C so drink some OJ.

[ZenQueen]

that allegry pill is worse for you than the second hand smoke! Just step outside for a bit, Don't ask to open a window, because stoners like to hot box! I You are right that you should probally avoid parties like these if you don't want to smoke.

[baxterp]

+1

[martyfellow]

You bet it does! Secondhand smoke is worse than the direct inhaling sometimes.

[natattack]

i really doubt it was from a little bit of secondhand smoke...and no you're not going to get brain damage...lol

[Anonymous]

It was caused from the smoke. Don't expose yourself to smoke until uour throat feels better. Though irritated, its not permanent unless you keep putting yourself in that situation.

[Anonymous]

I've got the exact same thing. I was in my friends house and he smokes a lot of weed and don't think the windows were open so I think this is what gave me a really nasty cough and painful to swallow.