I say smoke them.
Its a different high, I agree. More of a floaty, tingley high. I think Its a nice change of pace. As long as it's pleasant and it does what you need it to do...drive on.
*Warning: Trip down memory lane!*
Back in the good old days, I saved all of my joint roaches. I'd purposely leave a small, yet smokeable amount on each one. With about 7-10 joints I could roll a new joint, called a second generation joint. They hit like a freight train. I won't pretend to know the chemistry behind it, but will say the bud was covered in resin/tar and had a brown color, and a not so desirable taste and smell (it wasn't bad, just not desirable). I'd save all the second generation joints in a jar, and when I had enough, roll a 3rd generation. I eventually had 3 or 4 4th generation joints in a jar when I called it quits. Holy buckets, my eyes would feel like they were going to fall off my face. If they would have, I may have tried to drink from one, as they were as red as a coke can, and I wouldn't have known the difference anyways!