I agree it's a knee-jerk reaction, but it seems that study is warranted rather than just praise. Seems like an interesting plant. From a November 2015 paper en

I agree it's a knee-jerk reaction, but it seems that study is warranted rather than just praise. Seems like an interesting plant. From a November 2015 paper entitled "Following 'the Roots' of Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa): The Evolution of an Enhancer from a Traditional Use to Increase Work and Productivity in Southeast Asia to a Recreational Psychoactive Drug in Western Countries" [0] Note: reference numbers changed from original, and where appropriate, non-working or functionally empty URIs were replaced with working ones, "...findings show that regular kratom use is associated with drug dependency, development of withdrawal symptoms, and craving [1]. Many regular users declare their difficulty to abstain from kratom use and experiencing sharp unpleasant symptoms during abstinence periods [2]. Physical withdrawal symptoms include anorexia, weight loss, decreased sexual drive, insomnia, muscle spasms and pain, aching in the muscles and bones, jerky movement of the limbs, watery eyes/nose, hot flushes, fever, decreased appetite, and diarrhoea [3, 1]. Psychological withdrawal symptoms commonly reported are nervousness, restlessness, tension, anger, hostility, aggression, and sadness [4, 1]. Long-term addicts are described to become thin and have skin pigmentation on their cheeks, due to the capacity of mitragynine to increase the production of melanocytes-stimulating substance [4, 5]. Regular ketum use is also reported to cause psychotic symptoms such as mental confusion, delusion, and hallucination [4]..." [0]: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/968786/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/968786/ [1]: Search sci-hub for DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.03.017 [2]: Search sci-hub for DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.09.004 [3]: https://books.google.com/books?id=t6IvPAAACAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=t6IvPAAACAAJ [4]: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1975-01-01_3_page003.html https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bu... [5]: https://books.google.com/books?id=qJS4AAAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=qJS4AAAAIAAJ