10-14-2017, 08:42 AM
(10-14-2017, 08:16 AM)Guest Wrote: "On 30 August 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its intention to place the active materials in the kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act as a warning about an imminent hazard to public safety, citing over 600 calls to poison control centers between 2010 and 2015 and 15 kratom-related deaths between 2014 and 2016.[14] This drew strong protests among those using kratom to deal with chronic pain or wean themselves off opioids or alcohol.[40] A group of 51 members of the US House of Representatives and a group of 9 senators each sent letters to Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg protesting the listing and around 140,000 people signed an online White House Petition protesting it.[41][42] The DEA noted the responses but said that it intended to go forward with the listing; a spokesman said: "We can't rely upon public opinion and anecdotal evidence. We have to rely upon science."[43] In October 2016, the DEA withdrew its notice of intent while inviting public comments over a review period ending 1 December 2016.[44][45]
As of May 2016, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin had made kratom illegal,[46] and the US Army had forbidden soldiers from using it.[47]"
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Kratom
I think it is unbelievable they would focus on this based on such a minuscule amount of possible problems , yet they have no worries about offering cigs and booze to the entire population knowing it causes millions of deaths . And then they wonder why people are so caught up in conspiracy theories these days .
They obviously have ulterior motives when they want to ban something that does so much good and so little harm .
My thoughts are disgust and anger that government would even attempt to get in the way here .
http://kratomcrazy.com/wp-content/upload...00x117.jpg
