Hot Box

[Dave Wilton]

Learned a new drug term from a much younger colleague today. It's been years
since I've been anywhere near drug culture and I'm not up on the lingo.
Makes me feel old.

The term is "hot box", both a noun and a verb, meaning a confined place
where one smokes pot or to smoke pot in a confined place in order to take
advantage of the second-hand smoke.

Some Google Groups hits:

"yea...or do the same 'hot box' in an old beetle! those things ROCK!!!"
alt.drugs.pot, 17 May 1999

"me and my buds call that game 'hot box'. because during the rotation of
monster hits we keep the windows rolled up air tight so we 'roast' inside
the car...double damage." alt.drugs.pot, 16 June 1999

"We call a 'hot box' or 'clam bake' a 'Dutch Oven', or just 'Dutch'." (from
someone in Australia), alt.drugs.pot, 21 Nov 1999

"Cops would go around with breath-alizers and if you registered less than
20% blood THC, they would throw you in the car to do a "hot box" (filling
the car with lots o smoke to breathe in more smoke than normal)..."
alt.drugs, 11 Mar 2000

"For second hand smoke to show up in a piss test, you'd have to hot box a
'77 Civic with the windows closed, and chain smoke at least an ounce."
rec.music.phish, 21 June 2000

--Dave Wilton
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