Given this was over the period of two years, with numerous vendors (my email history shows over 14 vendors and bulk suppliers) that were cross referenced with i

Given this was over the period of two years, with numerous vendors (my email history shows over 14 vendors and bulk suppliers) that were cross referenced with independent rating systems, some invite only to prevent manipulation and investigation, I highly doubt it. The biggest factor in how it affected me was my complete opiate-naivety. I had never once taken an opiate before, therefore Kratom was subjectively powerful to me. Much like someone taking their first drink or smoking their first joint, I became very intoxicated. I think the latter is a likelier explanation than a multi-national, multi-continental conspiracy between 14 disparate supply chains to adulterate only my supply of Kratom and no one else's. > seven years almost every day After two years, my initial doses of Kratom felt much like a cup of coffee because of tolerance. Someone who has never taken an opiate before is going to have vastly different responses to Kratom than someone who is well into their 7 year Kratom habit. Once you've built tolerance and gone through the dependence / withdrawal cycle, you will never have the same consistent response to opiates as you did when you were opiate-naive. Last year, I had the rest of my wisdom teeth taken out. I was prescribed 5mg Vicodin. It helped with the pain, which was very bad, but it honestly wasn't noticeable that I took anything narcotic. 7 years prior I had the same operation and was given the same medication. One 5mg Vicodin has me on my ass for hours back then.