Dude, this is so beyond awful. U guys really need to nix this idea. Kratom has saved way too many lives. It doesn't just help ex-addicts. I had cancer and my fibromyalgia has been extremely bad since my 18 months of strong chemo and radiation ended 6 years ago. I tried (& keep up with) regular exercise and a strict lean, clean organic diet. It doesn't make the pains much better. I do not want to be like the billions addicted to pain medication for the rest of my life, and to be treated differently for reasons beyond my control. I have taken kratom in place of pain medication for 6 years. I have a regular dose that I take in the am, afternoon and evening. I haven't needed to increase my dose in over 5 years. This is a helpful natural botanical for many people.

It seems like the people claiming that kratom is trouble are those experiencing prescription and illegal substance addictions which are unrelated to kratom and strictly aproduct of their own mental health. Most of us take it regularly without any problems. It shouldn't be illegal. There should be stricter laws protecting the purity of it, instead. The only potential problem that I see is the possibility of heavy metal and other contaminations by the distributors and farmers.