Ah yes, that was it. That was a fun site. I liked reading through grow-diaries from different parts of the world and admire the pictures that came with them. I remember "pod tar" and I also remember "pod putty", but i'm not sure if they were two different things.
And they did have different methods people tried to purify it some more. One was freezing it partially and pouring the liquid off leaving the partially frozen stuff behind in a process similar to making applejack.
Holy shit! This triggered a memory. Do you recall that the guy who introduced that technique to the forum called it his "ice-o-lation" technique?! It was a brilliant name. Very clever.
"grade D" opium. You can get a buzz, but you smoke and smoke it leaving a bunch of dross unburnt behind and it's hard or impossible to get a decent high
Yeah, that was my experience as well, and that was the last time I bothered with trying to do anything fancy with the precious few flowers I'd grown that season. Still, that was a fun time and I have fond memories of that website.
Even with just the tea, It takes a while to come on
there is something about pod tea that gives a nice, long lasting high
The magic of opium. Supposedly morphine is the main alkaloid that gives opium its analgesic properties, and it's definitely the most "famous". Funny thing about pure, extracted morphine in a pill form to be taken orally - it has an atrocious oral bioavailability and only lasts a few hours. And yet, that same morphine, when it's left with all the myriad other alkaloids in opium poppies, will produce an absolutely cracking high that lasts for 12 - 24 hours (depending on how you define its start and end). It's such a layered, nuanced high as well. It remains my all time favourite in the opiate or opioid category. Many years ago I had a good flower season. By then I had enough knowledge of the plant to be able to take care of it during its growth (and it turns out that most of the time it just wants you to leave it alone), and then then I'd enjoy its 'thank you' in the form of little balls of raw latex. I didn't do a single thing to that latex to refine it or change it. I just collected it, set it aside, and then ate some now and then.
Those were some of the best times in my life. I remember the amazement at the length of onset. I had previously only had some experience with codeine and oxy (both of which I'd start to feel within 15 to 20 minutes of swallowing, and which would hit peak at about an hour and a bit). This opium, though... by 30 minutes it was already far stronger than anything else I'd taken (sedative analgesic-wise). By an hour I was shocked that it was still ramping up! The active come up was about two hours, and after that I settled into this incredible peak which seemed to last 4 to 5 hours before any signs of the slightest drop in strength.
Anyway, back to current day reality. Walking through the city streets in Melbourne and this kid in his late-teens, wearing a full fur suit (but carrying the head, not wearing it) says to me as I pass "Did you know that friendship is magic?!", and I just laughed and walked on. With a twinkle in my eye and just a hint of sadness, I said softly, to myself, 'no, my friend, opium is magic'.
<Disclaimer: The last part of this post may be bullshit that never happened>
