Bowl (drug culture)

A bowl is a smoking apparatus, similar to a pipe, intended for inhalation of herbal and tobacco smokes, but much more commonly used for marijuana smoking. They differ from pipes mainly in that bowls have a hole (almost always located where the thumb is placed, at the rounded tip of the piece), known as a carb. Also, Bowls are made of glass, where pipes can be glass but are usually wood, or if you're from the Southern US, corn-cob. The glass construction of bowls allows for a fantastic array of colors, patterns, shapes, textures and sizes, adding artistic flair and expression to the smoking experience.

suction that quickly draws lots of smoke. Simple physics or even common sense explains the mechanics of it. Close to the marijuana/tobacco recipticle, the stem is thinner in diameter, but abruptly curves out much wider, and then returns to a size similar to the original.

Bowls are commonly found in head shops or convenience stores that sell tobacco products. State and national laws apply to paraphinalia, with the average age being 18 or 19.

It is a tradition among smokers to name their pieces, especially bowls and bongs. see also Half Baked