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A final decision on the legality of a controversial drug is expected imminently from the US government.
The drug, called Kratom, has pitted government regulators against scientists and advocates. The Food and Drug Administration has called it a dangerous opioid and sought to ban it by making it a Schedule 1 drug like heroin or ecstasy. Some advocates say it's helped them end their addiction to opioids, and scientists want to keep exploring its potential as a medical treatment.
Right now, researchers at the DEA are evaluating the two main components in kratom. They'll either rule the same for both ingredients, effectively banning all forms of kratom nationwide, or they'll ban one and make the other potentially available as a medicine at a later date. That's according to Melvin Patterson, a spokesperson with the Drug Enforcement Administration who described the ruling as forthcoming.
Why in 2018 are we still trying to ban plants and criminalize the people who use them? We’re in the middle of a nationwide opiate epidemic and the DEA wants to take away this innocuous plant that has helped hundreds of thousands of people get off of hard opiates.
originally posted by: Slinki
This is going to undermine the efforts of so many who are trying to stay away from opioids. I hate that something like this could stand in the world we live today.
They are so wrong.
Screw the FDA, DEA, and Big Pharma. Aren't they rich enough off the backs of patients-turned-addicts? Makes me so angry.
This is going to undermine the efforts of so many who are trying to stay away from opioids.
originally posted by: seeker1963
originally posted by: Slinki
This is going to undermine the efforts of so many who are trying to stay away from opioids. I hate that something like this could stand in the world we live today.
They are so wrong.
Screw the FDA, DEA, and Big Pharma. Aren't they rich enough off the backs of patients-turned-addicts? Makes me so angry.
Works great for alcoholism too, although no one ever brings it up!
And that’s it right there. How can these agencies operate under the idea that they’re making things safer when they are actively trying to send people back to hard opiates like street heroin and fentanyl?
A single combo meal from McDonalds does more damage to your body than daily dosing of Kratom.
originally posted by: Slinki
originally posted by: seeker1963
originally posted by: Slinki
This is going to undermine the efforts of so many who are trying to stay away from opioids. I hate that something like this could stand in the world we live today.
They are so wrong.
Screw the FDA, DEA, and Big Pharma. Aren't they rich enough off the backs of patients-turned-addicts? Makes me so angry.
Works great for alcoholism too, although no one ever brings it up!
I actually was not aware of that! Thank you for bringing it up.
It's not in corporate, or government best interest we have the cheapest and safest remedies to our ailments.
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: CriticalStinker
It's not in corporate, or government best interest we have the cheapest and safest remedies to our ailments.
I think it’s time that we as Americans abolish these agencies. Party be damned, I’ll vote for anyone who campaigns on getting rid of the DEA.