Go Carts, the size you sit in and drive, are fueled with alcohol and nitromethane. Used to be able to buy it for 20 bucks a gallon. Only contaminate was nitroethane. You can find palladium chloride in photography hobby companies. Actually a long list of precursors.
Hogshires book put it on the map, but "kompot" (sp) is where it started. Pharmaceutical companies pretty much use the same process. If pods are mature and dry, seeds are inert. Alkaloids are in the pods. Strength can vary, and be suspect of pods you don't know the back history. High thebaine...
If your going to try a sealed unit synth vs reflux, well, first do it outside. You should also look for what was called a "push/pull" reaction that was two 2.5 gallon plastic gas cans (far better grade of plastic) sealed together. It was also RP/Iodine synth. Its far safer than the shake and...
Excellent stump remover. Drill holes in said stump. Pour nitrate in holes. Pour charcoal lighter fluid in/on area. let soak 10 minutes. Light that bitch. Stump will be quite degraded by morning. Rinse and repeat.
This used to be on the USDOJ website, written by a USDA scientist, Mary Aycock. This was field work, literally. Opium was dissolved in hot water, making your basic opium tea. Picture an Afgan field, 55 gallon drum over a fire, that simple. To this is added limestone, powder is best. Most...