Princeton Kids are Smoking What?

We here at The Ink normally try to stay away from sensational stories about Ivy League kids doing crazy drugs. But stand back. We're about to break our own rule.OPIUM? What the hell?I mean, I guess the drug has a cool retro appeal. While the kids going out to "80s Night" blow lines of coke in their best Tony Montana impersonation (a good proportion of the male population in attendance will name Scarface as their favorite movie of all time), it's not totally out of the question for indie hipsters to have a "China in the 1700s" party. But apparently, opium just hit campus a couple of days ago and swept through the tight-jeaned population like a new Arcade Fire album.But what's the appeal?Says one anonymous junior riding this drug-crazed wave: "It's like a cross between weed and pain killers."Ah ha! Just in case you can't find your Vicodin and/or joint!More questions after the jump!How does it even work?:"You get it in a sticky black ball and mix bits in with tobacco or weed." (I guess it was the vicodin they couldn't find!)But isn't it dangerous?:"Not dangerous at all, only it's derivatives are (e.g. heroin.)"Well, I guess anything in moderation? (The University Press Club does not condone this health assessment of opium.)Chances are it was a one time thing. Someone had a little too much opium, and Princeton had a few too many students willing to try anachronistic opiates from the Far East. With summer coming, the dope-fiends will probably be gone in a week. But come fall, you know we'll be keeping our ear to the ground, waiting for the next drug trend to beat into the ground.