Many people have argued that kratom is some kind of gate way drug. In fact it is the opposite. For many years I was a homeless heroin addict, and then a severe alcoholic. Now I have my life  back. I have a job, a home, pets that rely on me, and a beautiful wife. It's not just me, Since I made the discovery that kratom is a "gateway" back to a normal life, I've helped many others to  get back on track. 

If you ban kratom, you are taking away money from many hard-working American entrepreneurs, and giving it to alcohol manufacturers and Fentanyl cartels, and it's no secret big pharma hates that kratom can be used as a substitute for pharmaceutical pain relief. 

So unless you want to be seen as a sith lord, a tyrant, an agent of the military Pharmaceutical media complex, please leave this traditional Asian herbal medicine alone.