First big difference is between smoking and consuming. Smoking cannabis has the THC and various other cannabinoids enter your blood through the lungs. It’s fast and direct, you’ll feel it in a matter of minutes and you start to feel normal again in an hour or two. Edibles go through a complex digestive process that not only takes longer, but also metabolizes the cannabinoids into slightly different forms. It’s a much longer and slower high, it takes about 30 minutes to really kick in and can last 8 hours.

Blunts are traditionally made from a tobacco wrap or hollowed out cigar, creating a blend of cannabis and tobacco, much like a spliff (cannabis and tobacco mixed in a rolling paper). Today you can buy hemp wraps for tobacco-free blunts, which ends up being basically just a extra large joint.

Pipes can be good for smoking a smaller amount quickly without needing to roll (or even knowing how to). It’s also a little less harsh on your throat, since a longer pipe isn’t going to be as hot at a joint as the burns shorter and shorter. I don’t think it’s too different from smoking a joint, but it may be more convenient. I’m not a big glass person in general.

Bongs are efficient and smooth! They let you build up a large column of smoke and hit it in one big puff, filling your lungs with (ideally) cool and dense smoke. A joint is going to burn off a lot into the air as you pass it around or take breaks. A bong will arguably get you more out of the same amount of cannabis flower. It’s a powerful blast.

Smoke and edibles are the biggest difference, in my opinion. It’s a totally different experience! I like them both… So I would warn against comparing doses 1:1… For example don’t think that 1g joint is the same as a 100 10mg THC edibles!!! That would not only be comparing the weight of the flower itself vs the active compound, it’s also comparing what are effectively 2 different processes and arguable 2 different “drugs.”