Psychologically speaking nothing is free from addiction if a person is composed in a way to have such a proclivity. There are people addicted to huffing compres

Psychologically speaking nothing is free from addiction if a person is composed in a way to have such a proclivity. There are people addicted to huffing compressed air duster spray. Though I've never been hooked, I can only imagine the comedown and withdrawls are rather, uh, not fun? What my point is - that you likely missed - is the innate "harm reduction" pursuit with respect to long-term therapies. Opiates have a use for sure but I think eventually the dosage / toxicity becomes a valid concern. Then up to the next threshold of potency, and on and on. If Kratom has just 50% better results than opiate treatments in equivalent doses, that's a great discovery in my opinion. All this talk about being "health care consumers" really looks like bullshit when we get down to the nitty-gritty of Doctors still holding power with their pens and pads and saying Yes or No with the DEA looking over their shoulder.