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Misc Poppy Pod Tea Questions?

Sparky1986

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Hi Bluelight people, not posted here in a hell of a long time, couple of years I reckon. Is good to be back :-)

Just wanted to ask a few questions about tea made from poppy pods. I've been given around 25 pods from a friend, and he told me that to make them into a tea I should add enough water into a pan to cover all the pods, then leave it to simmer on low heat for an hour, then strain the liquid and drink. Never tried opium or poppies before but my friend has many times before so I trusted that this would work.

So I completed the process he told me, but after doing a bit of research on various forums including bluelight, a lot of people say that the pods should be crushed up into a mash before using them to make the tea. So I was wondering if my tea is still going to work, or if it's going to be a lower potency.

Other question is about my tolerance level. My friend told me to use all 25 pods and drink the whole tea. But again after reading through other posts people seem to say 5 - 10 pods is a strong dose. My friend has scored the poppies to obtain some resin for his own use for smoking though, not sure whether this will affect things. In addition, my tolerance is actually quite high - 900mg of oral morphine per day which is prescribed so I have that every day (not today though, thought I'd do the tea instead). So wondering if the whole 25 pods would be okay for my level of tolerance, or too high / too little even. I've drunk half of the tea so far, but going to leave the other half until I'm more confident that it's safe.

Final question - can I take Dihydrocodeine at the same time as poppy tea? From what I've read you get a reasonable histamine release from the pod tea and I don't want to add significantly to that. Have already taken an antihistamine anyways.

Cheers!
 
The opiates are in the cell walls of the poppy plant, therefore they should be ground as finely as possible for optimal extraction. Potency of opium poppies varies widely, it's best to start with a low dose and titrate until you get a feel for the potency of your current batch. Nobody can give you dosage advice unless they happen to know the alkaloid content. Morphine content can vary hugely, I've read by 20x or more. Scoring the pods before harvest will of course mean weaker pods, but that doesn't mean weak. DHC with your poppy tea is going to potentiate it somewhat, not a good idea on your first try, as you should be trying to ascertain the strength of the poppies alone. By the way, I think 25 whole pods is an insane dose, enough to kill most people if they are potent. Hope that helps.
 
Just FYI, If you have a heavy habit, that tea does not do shit. I do about 1-2 grams of relativly pure H a day(70-90%) and that tea didnt even keep me from kicking, I used about 40 pods. On top of that, tastes like shit. If u have low tolerance, than it should do something. FYI, when i go on methadone, i usually dose 150mg the first day to keep sane., then rapid detox 10mg a day. I have used both pods i ordered online several years ago as well as pods from turkish blues that I grew in my yard(in fact I have a baggie of like 40 pods sitting around somewhere that I just dont use since it doesnt do shit for me. I would prefer to kick cold turkey then prolong withdrawels with that.

excuse spelling i just cant be bothered to fix it
 
Thanks for the help guys. blime84 I think your'e right, I normally end up using 1000mg of morphine a day which is equivalent to 1/2g of pure heroin (orally). Drunk 3/4 of the tea I made out of 25 pods 4 hours ago, and can hardly feel anything. But as Libertin says a lot of factors can affect it - alkaloid content, and the fact that my source scored the poppies to extract resin first. Don't think there's any point drinking any more when I get some more morphine tomorrow, and will stick to that!
 
I really do miss pods, it will will a year since I had any next month and switched strictly to shootin' , snortin', poppin pills all the time then to Subs. I found the buzz to feel more full than pills, never had heroin though. Every time a pod thread pops up I will mention how I miss them..
 
dont listen to people saying tea doesn't do shit. I had a big habit. doing dilaudid, opana, roxy, whatever i could get my hands on. half a pound of poppy seeds always got me out of withdrawal for 24- 48 hours.
 
Let me rephrase, it may keep u out of heavier WD if you have a heavy habit, but it will not get you high for sure. I have tried the team many a times, even with homegrown poppies and not much results. And this was back when it was easy to get pods online. They used to be all over ebay and had stores online just dedicated to them. l never got high off them, or for that matter, even got complete alliviation of WDs, but then again my habit is high. I do dope in the 80% purity range and currently do shots of around 400MG at a time, perhaps tea would work, if i drank like 150 pods worth, but i cant stand the flavor for that long. Better to just methadone it. oh man, this msg was even tough to type, i did a 400mg shot like 3 hours ago then another like 45 min ago. Now I can barely keep my eyes open for the last hour. been a while since I did so much so quickly. WOW
 
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