You pack a bowl.
Light it.
Smoke travels down the stem.
It bubbles through the water.
And what started as perfectly clear water eventually becomes:
Yellow
Brown
Cloudy
Full of tiny particles
Obviously, something is getting trapped in there.
But that leads to a question cannabis users have debated for decades:
Does bong water filter out THC too?
If it does, are you actually losing potency every time smoke bubbles through water?
And if the water catches smoke residue, does that mean a bong rem
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Sep 03, 2026