'Gas-station heroin' kratom, targeted in crackdowns by states and cities
'Gas-station heroin' kratom, targeted in crackdowns by states and cities
Kratom, known for its opioid- and stimulant-like effects, is sold widely and legally. But it can be fatal in very high doses.
Comparing kratom to heroin is pretty wild. One seems like a relaxing tea, the other is heroin.
The war on drugs can't keep rolling without its key component - catastrophizing.
Omg. Kratom is nothing like heroin or opioids. Jeezy pete
Yeah none of my friends have died in a union gospel mission bathroom from kratom...heroin on the other hand is a different story
Mine either bub. The shits rough. Hugs.
why would they go after kratom when tianeptine is the problem?
Because kratom is an easy target. Few people have heard of it so it's easy to force their initial reaction. It threatens both the pain drug and marijuana lobbies.
I sorta wonder about these overdoses in the article to. My wife and I tried it since marijuana legalization is done in a way that makes it expensive and we wanted to see if it would help at all from avoiding some other drugs. Little to no effect and it was annoying to drink. I feel like someone whould have to guzzle quite a bit or combine it with other stuff that would more likely be the culprit over kratom.
Wow, it's about to get wild
I like how they mention that there aren't any dosage advice on most of the products and "not our problem if you die" portrayal. But the whole reason most products like Kratom don't give usage advise is because doing so tends to then come with regulations that tend to be bad-faith. Yet the largely more damaging products that are openly sold in "supplement" stores are able to grift all day. Stuff like Kratom actually does shit and therefore gets sniped by pharma and other deep pockets.
They went nuts over how many people tried or actively used shit like K2/Spice. But the only reason basically everyone used it was all down to weed being illegal. If weed were legal, then there wouldn't have been a massive demand for K2 or any of the variants. At least with shit like Kratom, the chances of bad shit happening are super fucking low compared to the shit that pharma somehow convinced the gov and regulators wasn't addictive.
When I worked in gas stations the only people who bought kratom seemed to be opiate addicts trying to find an alternative, maybe to wean off it.
I've known a few people who quit smoking by stepping down to vapes and then quitting those, so maybe kratom use can sometimes be an analogue to that. Not denying vapes addict people or that kratom is addictive and has significant downsides but perhaps it's a positive thing in certain cases
The way he described it was ‘gas-station crack.'
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Biden going after the real criminals. Kratom & Ketamine. Alcohol is completely safe though.
We tried banning booze once. It didn't go over well
The DEA sought to temporarily reclassify kratom as a schedule 1 substance in 2016, but reversed course following a backlash. So in lieu of federal oversight, a growing number of states and cities have been cracking down on kratom on their own.
What's this have to do with Biden?
Alcohol is highly regulated, fyi