Spliff Vape: New technology allows cannabis and nicotine to be vaporized at the same time

Spliffs, blunts, mokes, mole bowls, skofes, and slaps are just a few of the incredibly silly names stoners have given to the various methods of ingesting cannabis and tobacco at the same time. So far no one has managed to combine the two as cannabis is oil based and nicotine juice is water based which means they don’t mix.

Enter ExStax, an Arizona cannabis technology and extraction company. Co-CEO Rick Avila told High Times that every cartridge they sell comes with a removable mouthpiece that allows the user to either use the cartridge as is or essentially stack vaporizer chambers on top of each other and close them at the same time meeting.

“You can stack as many as your battery will allow,” Avila said, also mentioning that a new battery is in the works that will automatically detect how many different cartridges are plugged in (up to six at a time) and adjust the power level accordingly .

I should mention that I have not tried this product myself, so I have absolutely no idea if it works well, but rest assured this will be the first thing I will do on our next family trip to Arizona. The mind reels at all the extremely intoxicating and flavorful possibilities on offer. However, there is something about this that actually has the potential to transform the way cannabis patients take their medication, as the potential uses are not just limited to cannabis and nicotine, as Avila explained.

“I’ll give the example of someone using CBD or even marijuana and they have that in a cartridge. Let’s say Martha, she’s older, she has fibromyalgia or arthritis and she needs this for pain or medicine, but that medicine makes her sleepy. B-12 gives you energy and this is a water soluble vitamin currently on the market with other vaping devices. And there’s a plethora of different water-soluble vitamins that you can put in there,” Avila said.

Being a journalist, so to speak, and not a doctor, I cannot attest to the safety or effectiveness of vaping vitamins, let alone combining them with other random oils. Some basic digging has informed me that not much research has been done in the area, so it’s hard to say. The FDA has been known to issue product recalls, fines, or worse for companies that sell vape juice with contaminants or misleading information on the label. So if you’re looking to vape vitamins with your weed, your best bet is to consult a doctor, or at least make sure your products are American-made and lab-tested for anything you don’t want in your lungs.

Currently, the technology is only available through select Arizona pharmacies that stock ExStax products, but the actual stack components and empty cartridges can be purchased wholesale. So if you want to try this vape you’ll have to go to Arizona or tease your favorite local brand enough into them starting using the same components for their cartridges.

For my part, I’ll get a rental car and drive at top speed until I make it to Phoenix, where I’ll track down and buy at least a dozen bakers to see how they smoke. I quit nicotine years ago, but the devil could have a stranglehold on this one.