^ i always planned to try the white seeds, but because they're a more exotic culinary import kinda thing, they've always been very expensive...and they never really looked 'right' (or that familiar - sort of different size/shape to the seeds i'm used to), so i never bought 'em. only ever saw them in asian markets, never mainstream food places.
recently i've read several different sources saying that they're inactive, so i'm not really curious any more.
funny, i seem to remember reading that article, and that sorta shit really pisses me off.
they go from 'poppy seed subculture' (shit, i almost feel like this damn thing makes me hip) to pseudo-runners to doctor shopping without pausing for breath in between.
in a way i'm glad - things haven't really gotten worse since then (just a cycle of shit seeds to ok seeds and back) although it's harder to find large (200g+) bags like you used to. pre-2006 i never got dud seeds, and at one point
<a source> near where i grew up sold
2 different brands of poppy seeds in 200g bags and a smaller size container also. if the media had the attention span to actually write a decent article on this topic, it would probably make my life a lot harder. no, this is not a challenge.
was the easiest drug discovery i ever made, as i said - both an amazing blessing and a curse. no dealer, no (obvious) illegality, no hanging with junkies to score - basically flying under the radar.
it's quite interesting - in about 2005/6 (not exactly sure) i looked into the fridge of a bottle shop and saw an energy drink that boasted something along the lines of 'energy - with opium!' and contained 'poppy seed extract'. now, i don't know what 'extract' means, exactly, but the fact that it could be marketed as such really blew my mind. did anyone realise that these seeds are in fact active (with that long-illegal substance?) or was this a dumb marketing ploy based on the apparent 'energy boosting' qualities of of mineral or vitamin inside poppy seeds?
either way, i never saw them again, but the mind did boggle. i always thought PST would make an amazingly subtle drug infusion to sell on the sly, but this was so blatant! i did try drinking a few, but i had quite an opiate tolerance at the time, and i didn't notice any of the familiar signs of an opium buzz.
footsy, do you already have an opiate habit?
if not, then i'd say be careful...it really is quite an amazing thing that we can still do this in 2011. i really think that (properly prepared/dosed) PST leaves codeine for dead. much warmer and more 'natural' feeling - and yes, the taste of CWE was always a bit suss. tastes like "this can't be healthy". my morning fix is more like a glass of nutty breakfast juice. mmm mmmm grapefruit
oh...it also sounds like you might've gotten the wrong seeds the first time? i could be wrong, but poppy seeds don't tend to go 'slimy'. well, maybe a little - they're messy and they stick together when wet, etc...but are you sure they're not nigella seeds or something? apparently nigella sativa/black seed oil acts on opiate receptors and is a really effective potentiator. i've been intending to track some down for a while, thanks for reminding me.
i've just done a quick google search, and it seems 'casa casa' is the tamil name for poppy. well i never!
pinkanga - i've been doing this shit a lot for a long time, second and third washes are
most definitely worthwhile. try my sieve-and-two-mixing-bowls preparation technique and you'll find the re-washing is pretty easy to do. the whole process should take no longer than 10 minutes to carry out. more like 5
sometimes i get freaked out by how much time i spend sourcing seeds. probably more than the money i spend...it's just so time-consuming. i don't like going to the same place every couple of days - and if i do, they soon run out!
in smaller stores, they sometimes seem to stop selling them or order smaller sized packages after a while. my paranoid mind tells me that the regular appearance of a young fucking beatnik coming in and buying nothing but arms full of poppy seeds rings a few alarm bells. i don't look that dodgy - i
try to defy all the classic druggie stereotypes, i'm polite and friendly - but surely it doesn't take much to put 2 and 2 together to imagine that i'm abusing them or doing something a little weird with them.
this isn't the place to talk about it, but sometimes i can't help but wonder how hard it would be to obtain one of the huge sacks you see in wholesale stores. probably more trouble than it's worth...but yeah, it's a vice best kept under wraps, you dig? particularly from the retailers that act, unwittingly, as my suppliers. half of them wouldn't give a shit, but still - i try not to burn any bridges. one less vendor is one step closer to being in a sticky situation, and i am quite proud of the fact that i never get to a point where i encounter withdrawal sickness. i'd feel like shit if i skipped my morning coffee too, i sort of see it as a similiar kinda thing. lots of people take antidpressents every day - opiates are just another mood stabiliser to me; i know what i'd rather be hooked on. which is not to justify it - it's a fucking pain in the arse and it does hold me back from travelling and so fourth.
i think i know the site you are referring to pinkanga, and i don't recall it seeming like such a good deal, but it's been a while since i saw it. i guess ordering huge amounts would be dodgy because of the enormously variable quality of seeds. it would like being stuck with a 20 kilo sack of sesame seeds if they turned out to be bunk seeds! if you knew they were quality on the other hand...
i'm just lucky that so many places sell them. bless you, tasmanian opium farmers.
