i just thaught of something, what if i lit a candle, put a nice clump of leaves on a piece of aluminum foial and inhaled thoruah a straw... would this work?
god no, the vaporization temp is too high. that is why we use a pipe when we suck on the pipe, it lowers the air pressure in the confined area of the bowl which lowers the localized boiling point (i.e. vaporization temp) - the candle is not hot enough for this. and sucking through a straw does not lower the local air pressure effectively enough, it needs a bowl to work with temperatures as low as a match or regular lighter (- candles throw off too much unburned hydrocarbons to smoke with too). why not go to http://sagewisdom.org and read up
using a vaporizer can get you pretty fucked up man. If you do use one of those, HAVE A SITTER PRESENT! A little bit of vapor goes a LONG way. Don't over do it.