Just Like Heroin And It's Legal: DEA Taking Closer Look At Kratom

[Purveyor]

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WILL KRATOM BE ILLEGAL?

In August 2016, the DEA announced plans to place the active chemicals of the kratom plant -- Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine -- into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act "in order to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety."

"...Kratom has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and has lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. These three factors constitute a Schedule I controlled substance according to the Controlled Substances Act passed by Congress in 1970," the DEA said in a statement.

The announcement drew outrage from kratom consumers who use the plant medicinally, saying the drug has helped them wean off opiates and others to manage chronic pain. The supporters asked the DEA to delay the ban while accepting public comments.

The agency then delayed the ban and took public input until Dec. 1. The agency also asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a medical and scientific evaluation.

Lyndsay Meyer, an FDA spokeswoman, said she could not speculate on a timeframe for the evaluation but did say that "it's being worked on."

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https://www.silive.com/news/2017/09/is_kratom_the_new_heroin_users.html

Hang on folks, they're coming after this wonderful herb again and I'm afraid with this "regime" in charge, it is going to get axed. I've tried most all of the anti-depressants with nothing but unpleasant results. One capsule of the Thai strain of kratom a day is all I need and it makes me feel great. No, I don't get "high" on the stuff.

[Orrex]

1. .

[Angry Dragon]

2. I have never heard of it

[aikoaiko]

3. Where does one typically procure such a thing?

:Shrug:

[Purveyor]

5. I buy mine online and in fact just placed a years supply order while I can still get it.

Will pm the site I use and trust to anyone who wants it.

[madokie]

4. The thing is

most of our effective drugs of todays big pharm are derived from natural Herbs that Humans have been using, in some cases, for hundreds, even thousands of years.
The rub in this country and most countries is that money talks. By that I mean that there's no money to be made if we, rubes, can grow our medicines so the PTB, big pharma etc. want to make sure we don't have that avenue for our meds. I know from personal experience that the devil weed, pot, is as good or better for the pain of Peripheral Neuropathy as the opioid are but that ole left handed smoke is illegal in my state.

[Calculating]

6. Of course it must be banned

It's competition for the big pharma guys who own our politicians.