It is absolutely alarming that you would consider a ban on kratom that has been proven to cause less bodily harm than opiates. Kratom has allowed me to go from unable to work bed ridden due to multiple debilitating chronic illness to have a fulltime job plus a six figure online retail company. I will forever be in debt to that tree and what it has done for me in the 13 years I have consumed the plant matter.

Please please please reconsider this ban, you are going to push people to street drugs to have quality of life which in turn will end up with fantanyl laced overdoses and 100% preventable deaths on your shoulders. Again, please do more research other than just the fda, many top leading scientific institutes have acknowledged its benefit and potential for harm reduction.