Ascension bans Kratom leaf

Advocate

Kratom removal will do more harm than good. Now banned, this leaf that can safely be used for pain, headache, anxiety, depression, recreation, insomnia, chemical dependency and fatigue will not be accessible and people will seek out other coping mechanisms, some will go back to heroin, prescription opiates, and people will die. listen to former state representative of Georgia Vernon Jones on his personal use and advocation for kratom YouTube

Our nations representatives have already done their research and denied the DEAs request to ban kratom, and Louisiana has done the same and passed legislation for continued use for its constituents. Tobacco kills more than 500,000 people every year in the US, more than Covid at its peak. And 100,000 deaths related to alcohol, both substances readily available at every corner.

Kratom is a leaf from a tree most similar to coffee, safe and has been used for thousands of years by indigenous people with no detection of causal chronic disease. It is not synthetic, and it doesn’t have the concerning effects of heroin. Kratom does not cause respiratory depression, and there have been no deaths associated with kratom without other opiates involved. In general opiates are safe to use as long as not abused, and do not cause chronic disease like alcohol or tobacco. A large portion of citizens over 60 are daily opiate users. The effects of kratom are minimal, it’s not possible to get inebriated from it, it may be the equivalent of one beer at the most. It’s has great features that discourage abuse, and has a ceiling effect where larger doses don’t increase effects, and when attempted result in nausea or jitteriness, similar to having someone naive smoke too many cigarettes or drinking to much coffee. Kratom is stimulant like coffee, is pro social, and pro work.

I am incredibly compassionate towards the speakers struggling with addiction. One of her major points was that she didn’t feel safe going to the gas station, and having this available encourages relapse. People of all sorts have to resist temptation at the convenience store, the ex smoker, the alcoholic, The gambler, or someone trying to diet.

I’m getting off in the weeds, but I think we live in a dysfunctional world, and we have normalized it. We have had a huge deviation in the way of life from the way we evolved over the last 200,000 years. We used to spend our days with family and community, being raised, and working 75% less than we do now. Now we spend our days divided from our family, and children raised by their peers. It’s caused generational dysfunction. It’s the results of a budding societal revolution. We will solve these problems in the next 100 to 200 years, and become an improved civilization, but for now we need coping skills, and we don’t have them yet, so people will find the most safe coping mechanisms they can. Kratom is not a problem it’s a solution.