Replying to Opium

well i hate to bring up another drug post on this site(like we need anymore) but resently my friends bought some opium to use and i had some questions about it before i would deside to use it. there stuff they bought was 'blond opium' which of my knowledge it is only black or brown.
does anyone know if it is true
for those of you who have used opium, what are your takes about it? anyone have any knowledge they would like to post, anything would be greatly apprieciated. thanks