Yeah I don't know what the shit really is. You get a little super flat 1/2 x 1/2 bit folded up in parchment paper. It's very hard and when you try to break a piece off they fly in all directions so you have to be careful.
The reason it's called shatter.
Anyway I have had occasion to try it and it does amp up the laugh factor.
What I really need is some fucking pure opium though.