But the DEA, in its Federal Register notice, dismisses these applications, seizing on the herb’s addictive potential and declaring that kratom is being “misused” to self-treat chronic pain and opioid withdrawal symptoms.If the herb has been used for God-knows-how-many years in Southeast Asia with no problems, I would say that the "addictive potential" was pretty low. Question: What the hell is wrong with self-treating chronic pain?
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Kratom
I urge readers to check out this HuffPo piece about Kratom, an herb with a long, long history. The DEA wants to make Kratom a Schedule 1 drug.
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What the hell is wrong with self-treating chronic pain?
This causes low profits for those wonderful corp. in the kill
(pill) business.
Damn, you beat me to it.
Harry
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