Read This Before Posting: Poppy Tea and Your Safety

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What does this mean? Enter at your own risk. You are fully responsible for your own actions.

This forum and its community provide education on poppy tea for the single purpose of harm reduction. This is the ONLY public source for accurate and current information on poppy tea.

Poppy tea consumption can be lethal. It has already killed people. Consuming poppy tea is essentially a crude method to ingest morphine, codeine, thebaine, oripavine, papaverine, noscapine, and another ~45 alkaloids present on the surface of seeds contaminated with poppy latex during harvesting. Depending on your personal metabolism, it can take up to 8 hours before full effects are noticeable, and can last for well over 24 hours. The quantity and ratio of alkaloids remain largely unquantified, with 6000-fold differences documented from the same plant material between different batches. The potential for a 6000-fold difference makes consuming poppy tea inherently dangerous; even experienced users may get an unexpectedly strong batch, overdose and die. It has happened before. It may happen to you.

ALWAYS test each new bag of seeds with a tiny dose. 10g of seeds is a good place to start. Tea made from 10g of seeds. SIP slowly, wait for effects to manifest. WAIT 8 hours for full effect. Never re-dose with a 24 hour period. The half-life is extraordinary long.
NEVER combine poppy tea with any other drugs, especially CNS depressants (downers) such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, antihistamines, or other opioids. Many of the alkaloids in poppy tea have sedative and anticonvulsant effects. When combined with other drugs, the effects of both are multiplied (rather than added). The results are often deadly.

Most of the alkaloids have only limited information on animal toxicity, and none of the alkaloids have any information on human toxicity. We have absolutely no idea how poppy tea affects your health, short, or long term. Do NOT assume your tolerance for any single one alkaloid has any effect on your tolerance for them all.

Meaning: IT IS POSSIBLE TO OVERDOSE WITHOUT GETTING HIGH.

###Symptoms of Opiate Overdose:

Vomiting
Trouble breathing
Unconsciousness

If you experience any of these symptoms, seek medical attention immediately.

If you observe someone with these symptoms, seek medical attention immediately. Keep the person awake. If the person does not wake up when you shout their name, or you shake them:

Stay calm
Call 911
Administer Naloxone
Place person in recovery position
Do NOT leave person alone
Do NOT attempt to induce vomiting
Do NOT give them food or liquids

Opiate overdoses can be reversed through prompt administration of Naloxone (NarCan), a “rescue drug” approved by the FDA that can be administered via injection or nasal spray. Naloxone counteracts life-threatening effects of opioid overdose, such as respiratory depression, allowing the victim to breathe normally after administration. However, Naloxone wears off within 20 to 90 minutes of administration, and the half-life of poppy tea is extraordinary, so repeated doses of Naloxone will likely be required until the patient receives treatment from licensed medical professionals.

To encourage people to seek medical attention for overdose or post-Naloxone administration, 37 states currently have some form of Good Samaritan or 911 drug immunity laws. These laws generally provide immunity from supervision violations, low-level drug possession or use offenses when someone calls 911 for drug-related medical attention for themselves or another person. The scope of what offenses and violations are covered by immunity provisions varies by state. Some states have opted for more restricted immunity while states provide immunity from all controlled substance offenses. Please become familiar with your local laws ahead of time. Keep a few doses of Naloxone available, and share the location with friends and family, in case they ever need to use it to save your life!

Here is website that offers state-level details on Naloxone access and “Good Samaritan” protections.
Here is another website with the same information.

Due to the inherent dangers of consuming poppy tea, certain topics are off limits for public discussion. These topics are outlined in The Rules, however...

Misinformation kills people.

Entirely restricting access to information can lead to deadly mistakes in the case of poppy tea, especially since there is so much misinformation elsewhere online. If you would like to discuss any off-limits topic, please PM the mods. We welcome your questions. The moderators here care about you and your well-being. We're also real people, just like you, so we know what's up. We know you are going to do what you are going to do, regardless of the existence of this sub or the information we provide.

Many questions have already been answered in the FAQ, including a detailed recipe guide. If you seek additional knowledge, we have a growing collection of Noteworthy Links, most of which are downloadable books and peer-reviewed research papers.

While we candidly discuss certain topics in this forum because clarity enhances safety, please do not publicly share links to this site, nor refer minors or other "inexperienced" individuals. This will decrease the risk of an unprepared individuals getting into something potentially lethal. Please be responsible. Keep the safety of yourself and others in mind at all times.

###You alone are responsible for your health.

###If you dose, dose low, and stay alive.

Posted Nov 23, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC · edited · locked

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