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<p>[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3322798, member: 12007"]Of course this is BS, first of all, anyone smoking opiates isn't going to be sitting upright in a chair! Also, it can't be smoked without an accessory - an open flame, i.e. the lamp. You can't just put the stuff in a pipe. Opium is gummy & the consistency of thick syrup so it has to be smeared onto a surface and heated to vaporize. If you put it in a conventional or even a Chinese water pipe as per the illustration you wouldn't be able to "smoke" it because it would clog the pipe.</p><p><br /></p><p>as [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] said above, introducing the mystique of opium into a sales come-on is an excellent way to sell these things and other non-opiate paraphernalia!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie74" alt=":pigeon:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="blooey, post: 3322798, member: 12007"]Of course this is BS, first of all, anyone smoking opiates isn't going to be sitting upright in a chair! Also, it can't be smoked without an accessory - an open flame, i.e. the lamp. You can't just put the stuff in a pipe. Opium is gummy & the consistency of thick syrup so it has to be smeared onto a surface and heated to vaporize. If you put it in a conventional or even a Chinese water pipe as per the illustration you wouldn't be able to "smoke" it because it would clog the pipe. as [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] said above, introducing the mystique of opium into a sales come-on is an excellent way to sell these things and other non-opiate paraphernalia!:pigeon:[/QUOTE]
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