Extraction - Can poppy pods be eaten?

[dowii]

Swim has fresh poppy pods and does not want to make tea. Can swim eat the pods and recieve the same high?

[trichopium]

yes, it will be fine.

[EyesOfTheWorld]

In terms of intensity it will be stronger than tea as all the psychoactives will get consumed. Please wash SWIYs pods thoroughly first, no matter how clean the vendor claims they are, it is just vendor claims, take with massive grain of salt.

[Lady Codone]

Mmmmm, fresh pods. Less of the goodies will have degraded, so they'll be a bit stronger than dried. They can be eaten, brewed into tea, bled for opium, and so many other things. Be careful not to overdo it, as eating them is more efficient than making tea. Start slow and work SWIYour way up.

[samuraigecko]

SWIM agrees.

Under normal circumstances Opiates do not degrade after drying. Chemical testing has shown it to be the same. Both the Morphine and Codeine molecule have a fairly long shelf life if treated properly.

However, if they have been in the sun for prolonged periods or kept in a hot place for long periods then Opiate degradation will have taken place. This can be a problem with dried pods if the source is not known.

The source provider could have sun dried the pods or kept them in a warm place and they may not be from the season that they state or as fresh as they state. When buying pods for flower arrangements freshness is important and the year of which they are grown should be stated or known. In the end if buying dried pods one doesn't know what they are buying until they find a good provider.

Peace

[Benway]

according to pal of mine, the goodies are more available when fresh, and thus, requiring a lesser quantity.

[samuraigecko]

Morphine and Codeine do not degrade unless they are exposed to prolonged periods of heat or intense light. Morphine and Codeine have an almost undefinable shelf life if kept properly.

If one had a fresh pod, There will be no difference in the amount of alkaloids it contains after it has been dried.

If it has come from a commercial supplier, they may sun-dry their pods or use other methods (like large kilns or ovens) which may be detrimental to the alkaloids. If one was doing it themselves from pods they have grown themselves and used other techniques that are safer for the pod, then there will be no difference.

Peace

[waltz#2]

SWIM found that tossing torn secitions of pods onto his ramen soup worked really well. SWIY may have found that they can eat the noodles whole, well same thing with the pod. *gulp*

[op8fan]

To keep my answer to ur question simple, yes. SWIM has personally done this a few times when he did not have a coffee grinder available. SWIM didnt even mix them with other food, he simply removed it from the stem, dumped the seeds out, weighed out amount to consume (average medium size dried pods weigh around 2 grams each) and broke in small enough pieces to chew, chewed up real good and swallowed, chasing with a drink of a soda. SWIM says dried pods taste like sawdust. Yummy. Anyway, SWIM said effects were same as if u made tea with them and left the material in the tea