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I'm willing to accept that there's some complexity in the regulation of substances people use for medicinal purposes, whether they come out of the ground or a l
by marcelluspye 8y ago
I'm willing to accept that there's some complexity in the regulation of substances people use for medicinal purposes, whether they come out of the ground or a lab. The DEA is an abhorrent institution, though. And while it's clear the writers of the article swing one way about it, the DEA and FDA seem to be acting like they want any excuse to ban the stuff.
When they start locking people up for selling Kratom, and then a year later big pharma comes out with "Kratolizine" at 50x the price, I won't be surprised.
- scoggs 8y agoYour post's content is the crux of the problem from my POV. The powers that be and the bodies that make decisions about the legality of substances and scheduling of them seem much more interested in general profit and preventing the average citizen from using any sort of alternate route or remedy to combat their addiction. If they focused even a slight percentage of their energy and efforts into actually helping these people or offering real alternatives in terms of addiction care / help I'd be much more willing to believe things they are doing and saying but as it stands everything just seems like a smoke screen or straw man to allow them to continue conducting business as usual.
- mistermann 8y agoI'm curious what the state of affairs is in Europe wrt Kratom, or do they tend to coincidentally come to the same policy conclusions as the FDA?
- 18pfsmt 8y ago"In Europe, as of 2011, the plant was controlled in Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Sweden.[15] In the UK, since 2016, the sale, import, and export of kratom are prohibited under the Psychoactive Substances Act."