Posted on 03/20/2025 2:16:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I’m proud to say I’ve never heard of kratom.
Yeah, the feds have done great with drugs, right?
Why is there still this blind trust in the mostly unconstitutional federal gov’t?
I trust local state gov’ts much more than the pathetic, bloated, distant, careless, dangerous, and illegal federal gov’t.
Bath salts?
Good point. But how can we best protect people against predatory pharmaceutical companies?
Aren't these the same people who were telling us a bit ago about "deadly Ivermectin overdoses" that never happened?
But I also understand it could be a great way to wean people off opioids. But perhaps there aren't studies, because it's not patentable.
MO!!!
A friend of mine took this stuff for years. Until his doctor opened his eyes that it was causing his zero libido.
Hard to prepare?
The farmers in Indonesia grow the leaves from trees. They take of everything and ship it to the US. once it’s here you order from a vendor or as becoming more popular, from tobacco shops.
It is wonderful for pain.
Government has a legitimate role warning people of the new hazzard.
You’re going to have people that don’t know it’s dangerous.
Parents that can’t identify it.
Lots of legit roles.
BUT, knowing our government, this is a call for action, a crisis that needs a government solution. Meaning a budget, sweeping authorities, manpower, codified penalties...
Government loves to grow itself. That seems like the only sector that truly grew in the last 20 years.
If they’re dong something illegal, go after them but the gov’t is a BIG part of the problem.
ONCE the market is actually FREE from gov’t bribes (”subsidies”) than there will be open competition to allow higher quality, lower cost pharmaceuticals.
Almost all so-called monopolies are actually gov’t-subsidized industries taking away from free and open competition.
Get gov’t out of the marketplace and restore the free market economy!!!
HA! That’s a laugh.
NO state is more corrupt or illegal (unconstitutional) than the feds.
MA is LOCAL governance and the people of that state have much more control over how MA is governed than we the people over the gargantuan feds who can’t even govern themselves.
Kratom,a Thai word/name, has been popular and been used in Thailand for centuries . Thais consider it no big deal, but it is, last time I heard, illegal. Although not majorly illegal; mildly illegal. It’s easy for people to have a kratom scrub out behind the house, or in nearby brush, which blends right in. Not a distinctly visible plant, like ganja.
Mitragyna speciosa, it’s related to coffee. But unlike coffee, you do not harvest/process any fruits ( beans) . More like Coca, the leaves are chewed. How these leaves are processed and sold far from the point of origin, I have no idea.
“But how can we best protect people against predatory pharmaceutical companies?”
It would have to start with the sincere desire to, but pharma $$$ ensures that that’s not going to happen.
Aren’t these the same people who were telling us a bit ago about “deadly Ivermectin overdoses” that never happened?
That would be a solid “yes”. Big pharma is pi$$ed because it actually is “safe and effective” at certain doses and for certain conditions, and is less toxic and far less costly than their alternatives. They resent anyone cutting into their action. However, if it were to become a prescription item, there would be non-stop ads praising it to the heavens (and the price would increase 100X).
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