You don’t need to process it at all, you can make tea straight from the poppies, just soak them in water.
Don’t know much about this stuff do you? People have been screwing with pot making it stronger and stuff as well, so the entire ‘natural’ argument is bunk and you know it. It also is dried and prepared typically.
Opium poppies are probably EASIER to use and are far more natural at this stage than pot is.
OK, you make opium tea, you lean over and fall asleep. You have to process poppies to make heroin. Is pot stronger now? Sure, because its illegal. Stronger pot means less volume to ship.
Who is harmed, other than you?
I don’t care if you are addicted, not my problem.