Have you ever smoked opium? What's it like? (lemmychan.org)

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And how does it compare to morphine, if you know?

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[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That description kind of reminds me of meditation. Just practicing contentment. I wish I could just turn it on, on days that it is hard to keep going. Snorting heroin or smoking opium sounds dangerous.

Edit: shit now I'm reading about burrows on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S.\_Burroughs

Edit 2: he is the only public "old" junkie I know of.

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