Kratom, Once Again

Does this remind anyone of the 'grass roots' movement that arose to lobby Congress for reduced restriction on long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain patients?

You may recall that kratom first caught the media's attention because of widespread use by residents in some of the many 'recovery homes' that proliferated in Florida. Folks living in these homes -- most newly in recovery from various addictions-- had taken to kratom use as a way to self-medicate whatever symptoms they still experienced from their longterm use of cocaine, meth, heroin, etc. They reported feeling safe with kratom, because it was a “natural” plant product, not something made in a lab. After all, they argued, people in Southeast Asia had been chewing the leaves and brewing tea from the kratom tree for centuries. What other evidence did we need that the drug was harmless?

Then came the reports of deaths, all apparently related to kratom use. We posted about one such fatality:

https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-death-due-to-kratom/

Since then, the conflict over kratom has only escalated. The FDA stuck by its warning against using kratom for any...

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Kratom, Once Again

Does this remind anyone of the 'grass roots' movement that arose to lobby Congress for reduced restriction on long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain patients?

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Kratom, Once Again

Does this remind anyone of the 'grass roots' movement that arose to lobby Congress for reduced restriction on long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain patients?

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