There is a lot of bullshit western over-hyping of "smoking opium"
It has taken on this cultural baggage of decadence and mystique.
Admittedly, i've only ever smoked opium in makeshift, non-traditional attempts at vaping it - and as nice as it was, it was never really worth the fucking around.
"Smoking" opium in the traditional way it has been done for 1000s of years sounds quite amazing - as friends from iran, afghanistan or thailand have described it to me.
But i never had the know-how/implements - or refined, legit product [just shitty fat/latex backyard amateur goop]
Better off chucking a (small!) lump in your coffee, than fucking around trying to smoke it off foil or whatever.
Full spectrum opium tea - on the othwr hand - is something kinda special.
So special that i have to impose strict rules with myself not to consune them...
But still - opium tea is something i have fond memories of...i just have to also remember the horrible soul-crushing reality of habituation to said substance.
...that said; i always prefered a good opium tea to heroin or pharmaceceutical opiates/oids.
Sad irony is that opium has a very protracted detox/wd ....but anyways; bit off topic.
tl;dr ~
Oral is a really good ROA for "opium" IME