I eat the pods whole myself but that is not a common practice. Finding the sweet spot when they are ready is tricky too, I always hear 3 days after the petals have fallen off but find at least a week or two after to let the opiate concentration grow.
Lancing and milking take a bit of practice you can read how to guides but it comes down to trial and error unfortunately. I would also warn you to be very careful when you are letting it dry as this turns what you are doing into a felony (well technically it always is but you can't say you where growing them for their looks if caught) you might be better of milking them then ripping the plant out and keeping them indoors. This way you only get one milking though when you can get multiple if you know what you are doing.
Honestly as an opiate addict opium is more of a novelty than anything else. It doesn't hit the spot since you need to smoke so much of it.
Lancing and milking take a bit of practice you can read how to guides but it comes down to trial and error unfortunately. I would also warn you to be very careful when you are letting it dry as this turns what you are doing into a felony (well technically it always is but you can't say you where growing them for their looks if caught) you might be better of milking them then ripping the plant out and keeping them indoors. This way you only get one milking though when you can get multiple if you know what you are doing.
Honestly as an opiate addict opium is more of a novelty than anything else. It doesn't hit the spot since you need to smoke so much of it.