DEA to ban Kratom

What is it and where can I buy it?

Is that like weed?

that's a link to the petition. Where is the actual story link?

This subject interests me a great deal.

from a constitutional amendment to national legislation per drug to an unaccountable bureaucratic agency deciding what is and isn't allowed to be consumed

#Progress

Thats dissapointing. A lot of people use it to get off of pills and heroin. It always gives me a migraine though

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What is it and where can I buy it?

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It is a tree that grows in the rain forest of Indonesia, Thailand, Borneo and others in that area. The leaves are harvested and dried out in the sun and then it is ground up and taken internally or made into a tea. Fresh leaves can be used like dip and held in the mouth and swallow the juices.

The plant provides pain relief as its main benefit, but it also provides some energy, and it can help one sleep. It also is used to help quit opiates as it somewhat plays on some of the same receptors. Many people use kratom to help get off opiates for this reason as it is a very gentle plant compared to worse withdrawals. Even quitting kratom cold turkey doesn't produce much withdrawals and are childs play compared to heroin and the likes. Kratom could be used to take the place of subxones and methadone clinics, and at a fraction of the cost. One can get buy ounces online for as cheap as a couple of dollars when in bulk. A person only needs 1-10grams to curb withdrawals, so the cost is very very cheap. Now compare this to methadone clinics and subs and how much they cost daily.

Some users report it being a better for pain than conventional opiates without putting them in a drugged up state. If the gov't really cared about this heroin epidemic, they would endorse kratom instead of banning it. Makes you wonder who is behind all of those sales of heroin and fake heroin which are getting whole cities to overdose and die.

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that's a link to the petition. Where is the actual story link?

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I don't know what story you are looking for, but here is the DEA's website on it. Just scroll down and click on "kratom" and you can read more about it. However remember it is the DEA telling you about it, so facts will be skewed or ignored.

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I've used it, but saw no effects even remotely comparable to opiates while taking it. All it did was give me a light, but itchy, rash.

It is a cousin of the coffee plant if my memory serves me correctly. Did a lot of reading up on it. It is pretty harmless.

I have a hard time believing it was worth the DEA scheduling. But they do get a lot of pressure from the upper middle class stay at home moms on this stuff. They are one reason Alabama has gotten so strict on opiates lately. The state is driving people to heroin, and are oblivious. Believe it or not, some people actually do NEED opiates.

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Makes you wonder who is behind all of those sales of heroin

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Well we've been in control of the largest poppy fields on earth located in Afghanistan since early 2002.

Follow the money baw

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The leaves are harvested and dried out in the sun and then it is ground up and taken internally or made into a tea. Fresh leaves can be used like dip and held in the mouth and swallow the juices.

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The powder is incredibly disgusting, and is almost like a thicker flower in consistency. I have no idea how people use it to make tea. It tastes horrible. Trying to get 8-10mg of powder down my craw was nigh impossible. Managed it a few times, and it wasn't worth the work. At least for me.