Recent news items have been covering “both sides” of the kratom debate. As presented in this media narrative, one side says kratom is dangerous and deadly, the other side says it’s a life saving plant. Two such stories ran within two days of each other. One appeared October 27th on Fox4 out of Southwest Florida …
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Shane Dick is from Cumberland, MD where he runs a shop called Appalachia Awakening, “a collective of holistic practitioners focusing on healing and personal well being, we offer Reiki, Massage, Reflexology, Theta Healing, Tarot & Intuitive readings, Meditation, Chakra Balancing, and feature hOMॐ crystal creations energy jewelry.” I got in touch with Shane via Twitter. He was responding to last week’s edition …
I am not a kratom scientist. I am just a humble writer. I am miles away from the nearest college or lab, or wherever great minds are studying sciencey stuff. Here I write about and attempt to understand legitimate studies from the field of medical science. Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you, An Idiot …
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KratomScience.com: How long have you been using kratom? Joe Turner: I’ve been using kratom for almost 4 years. KS: Why did you start using it? Did it help you get off opiates or other drugs? JT: I started using kratom for pain and the depression that came with it. Alcohol was my biggest problem but …
News from Bad Axe… a Michigan town apparently named after a ‘59 Gibson Les Paul… from the Huron Daily Tribune… A 32 year old man was busted for possession with intent to sell 10 hits of LSD. A huge drug bust for Bad Axe. Police also discovered in the man’s possession a pound of “suspected …
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I am not a kratom scientist. I am just a humble writer, humbly writing on a humble laptop that I bought for $40 from a guy I met at a gas station outside of Tulsa. (Writers are traditionally broke.) I am miles away from the nearest college or lab, or wherever great minds are studying …
For those of us researching Kratom science, this link is an excellent resource. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0llU1h5-Vw6bXZZUGEyVGR1NGs?usp=sharing This is being shared publicly by Jane Babin, a San Diego lawyer with a PhD in molecular biology, and author of the excellent report “FDA Fails to Follow the Science on Kratom”
“Hi! I would love to tell you my story. I documented two surgeries with no pain medication and only kratom used. One was oral surgery and the other a cesarean. I also got clean after three years of addiction to opiates and now work for a kratom vendor.“ This is Stephanie Sue from Virginia. She …
There is a pattern in American history of fear-based, reactionary policy to new drugs entering the culture. It goes like this: A fraction of the population starts to use the drug. The media hears about it. As comedian Gilbert Gottfried said of the media, “their job is to make a mouse fart sound like it’s …
Calista from Ohio is a stay-at-home mom of two boys and volunteer who credits kratom for saving her life. In 2017 she began to utilize kratom as a tool in the process of getting off and staying clean of opiates Calista lives in a battleground state. On Monday, October 1st, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy …
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