So I picked up my bong the other day and had to try this method out. I brought some water to boil and poured it into the bong. First of all, the bong gets very hot and you cannot rest it on your lap unless you want your genitalia to burn. I packed my bowl and commenced to medicate. Taking a hit out of this bong was like taking a hit from your bong while you are hanging out in a steam room. I coughed like crazy and continued to cough after I finished coughing. I do not think I took a very large hit of the bowl either but, with the steam it just annihilates your lungs.
I do not think I am ever going to smoke a bong filled with hot water ever again. I saw no intrinsic benefit at all in the process. I could not taste the medicine, and I felt water was coming out of my nose when I coughed. (Steam Residue LOL)
Does it get you higher?
Smoking with steam should not do anything chemically because the active chemicals in marijuana are mainly lipophilic and do not bind to water.
Try it for your own curiosity; I doubt you will be coming back to this method after you try it
Safe Medicating,
The Weed Street Journal.