Opium is the sap-like substance that comes from the poppy plant. For medical purposes this sap is synthesized to different components such as Codeine and Morphine which is used to treat everything from coughing, dental work to serious injury trauma. So in essence, opium is the base product of all opiates pharmaceutical and illicit . Below you will find a number of different Opium Facts .
Opium when used as a drug is smoked, injected, eaten and ingested, liquefied and snorted, or made in to a tea. Opium, although not as strong as Heroin , its synthesized counterpart, is highly addictive and requires very little time for a person to grow a tolerance to it.
Opium has been used in Asia for centuries but only was it known to be highly addictive when people started smoking it much later in the timeline. Previously it was only ingested.
One should take strong caution if attempting to do opium illegally and should be avoided at all costs for a number of reasons. Know ahead of time that once you build a tolerance it is very easily to get hooked and the withdrawals are horribly intense.
We would never condone the use of drugs in this website but we aim to educate on what to expect as a result of doing so. Once addicted, the user will need more and more to achieve the same high. This is called “chasing” the high. Opium addictions can get very expensive costing hundreds of dollars a day and/or month.