SOC 201 Chapter 11: Chapter 11.17
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Unless one uses the proper technique, the effects of the drug will be minimal: The trouble with people [who are unable to get high] is that they"re just not smoking it right, that"s all there is to it. Either they"re not holding it down long enough, or they"re getting too much air and not enough smoke, or the other way around, or something like that. A lot of people just don"t smoke it right, so naturally nothing"s gonna happen. Becker"s interview subjects also reported that learning to smoke marijuana was a social thing: I was smoking it like i did an ordinary cigarette. Many reported that as first-time users they had been ashamed to admit their ignorance and so had pretended to already know how to inhale: I came on like i had turned on [smoked marijuana] many times before, you know. I didn"t want to seem like a punk to this cat.
