Keep kratom as an option for getting clean

Need to get off opioids to pass a drug test or just to give your body a break? Kratom can make it easier. But the FDA is trying to make this lovely herbal illegal and get it listed as a Class I drug, along with heroin and LSD! This would prevent further research showing kratom to be an effective painkiller that does not create respiratory depression (the main cause of opiate overdose deaths).

People cleaning up for a drug test or in recovery and those living with chronic pain and depression have had great results using kratom. But the FDA is determined to rip it away from those who need it the most. We need redditors to speak up for this affordable, lifesaving herb!

Send a brief, polite email to CommissionerFDA@fda.hhs.gov explaining why kratom should remain legal and accessable. If you're really motivated, an email or phone call to your elected officials wouldn't be amiss, either. You can find your congresspersons at: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ ​Contact Your senators at: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

For more info on kratom, check out this link: https://www.americankratom.org


Comments


[82 Points] Tobango:

They want us to eat Oxy but not Kratom. Fuck that shit!


[32 Points] Xxnoah69xx:

Kratom is really a miracle. If any of you have ever experienced tramadol withdrawals then you know how heinous they are. Kratom not only took 90% of them away and allowed me to work but also made me feel great.


[24 Points] DOXX_R_US:

fuck!! How am I supposed to continue with my monthly heroin binges if I can't take kratom when the drugs run out?

Just kidding (sort of). Kratom helps me stay sober and off the hard shit


[12 Points] None:

Does Kratom help with Benzo (Xanax) withdrawals, or strictly opiate withdrawals?


[13 Points] the_fuzzpupp:

I finally kicked oxy after a four year nightmare using kratom only for two weeks during initital detox.

Clean 6 months and 9 days.


[9 Points] Octocock_FMV:

I don't know why everyone is giving the impression that kratom is only used by former junkies. It's used by anybody attempting to stay off harder shit, whether or not you've touched the needle. It's incredibly effective, especially with a cannabis habit. And yes it does get you high, idiots.


[3 Points] iamsafeforworkk:

Would kratom work for sub withdrawl?


[3 Points] theshadowfax:

They want kratom illegal for the same reason they want weed illegal - you can't patent a plant.


[3 Points] giannipunawny:

Only drugs they want you to use are the ones they peddle.


[2 Points] gangsterdam020:

God bless Murica man, we have that shit for sale in smartshops what does it do exactly?


[1 Points] MyPusyTasteLikePepsi:

Kratom is very addictive. It should be noted


[2 Points] xTomCruiseFan69:

Kratom saves me from benzo and cocaine WD’s, shit is great


[2 Points] disasterline:

With so many people claiming Kratom is a miracle drug that can cure addiction, moves this from a supplement to a drug in the eyes of the fda.

A supplement is not supposed to diagnose treat, treat or cure a disease. Yet many vendors are doing the opposite of this


[2 Points] None:

There will always be a crackdown on anything potent that can be produced easily, cheaply, and away from the hands of big pharma. Let alone if said compound could replace other pharmaceutical drugs


[2 Points] youheree:

I fuck with Kratom. Never got too hard into an opie addiction. Just a here and there chipper.

I sure do 'member the day sof $20 OC 80's. The original green w/ black lettering from about 15 years ago. Got them from my brothers friends dad. They found the dad OD'd in his car where he was ostensibly waiting to give his son a ride somewhere. Back when the pill mill days of 120hydrocodone 120 soma, 90 xanax were running strong.


[1 Points] ConfuseAndBewilder:

Opiates aside, would the "white" strains help a person detach from methamphetamine?


[1 Points] thelmothelizard:

just used for coke comedown...lets see what happens


[0 Points] DNrick_sanchez:

I can vouch for kratom myself, been taking it on and off for 2 years or so, i have a pound and a half of red bali in front of me right now!!

the only issue i see that the FDA is really focusing on is vendors who label it how you did in your post, claiming amazing health benefits or as a sufficient substitute for opoid withdrawl

as i can vouch when i kicked opiates that kratom helped me through it, it doesnt even get you high just cancels out the withdrawls, but its sort of an unspoken truth that everyone knows it helps for pain or opiate withdrawls even though it cant be claimed legally

there have also been many reports of vendors sprinkiling in opiates like methadone etc.. into their kratom to make your average recovering addict more inclined to keep coming back, the only way to be sure is have it lab tested and be careful who you purchase from

stay safe all


[-5 Points] CannedSpamminator:

It's rare to see an actual USEFUL post on this sub.