University of Florida Researchers Given Multi-Million Dollar Grant To Study Kratom
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Kratom is an opioid-like botanical product that's made from the leaves of a tropical Southeast Asian tree. It has been used as a sedative, to address chronic pain and addiction, as a stimulant, and more. It's considered legal in the US although there are at least 5 states so far that have moved to ban it altogether.
It's estimated that between 2 to 4 million people in the US use kratom.
Various authority figures have suggested that there isn't any evidence that it's helpful in treating medical conditions and that it shouldn't be used as an alternative for opioid prescriptions. There are concerns that it could be banned any day now.
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In the meantime, while bureaucrats struggle over whether or not to limit the people's freedom in regards to kratom, researchers are still busy trying to investigate the potential benefits.
Just recently, the University of Florida received a multi-million dollar grant to study kratom, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The FDA has previously insisted that they don't see any kratom products as safe and they've sent out letters to various distributors, marketers, and others, demanding that they stop offering unapproved kratom-containing products.
In May of this year they indicated that they would “step up” their actions against these drugs and other unapproved substances, even if there are some people who claim that it's helping them to overcome a harmful addiction or find some other benefit from taking it. At the end of the day those millions of kratom users don't hold the ultimate authority over their own body, the FDA holds that authority and exercises it by telling them what they can or cannot put into their own body as an "approved substance".
Freedom shouldn't consist of asking permission before we can decide what we put into our body.
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Thailand just legalized Kratom, and they grow it there. Sad there may come a time where if you want to try and kick your opiate addiction with Krat you have to move, its threatened with same nonsense in Canada. Not banned yet, but Health Canada our version of FDA is saying it's not "approved".
I don't have an opiate addiction but have read lots of testimonial from people who do who say it helped big time. Fuck governments that want to put people on methadone or Subutex but ban the herbal alternative
I dont know much about Kratom, but I am well aware that the government often takes freedoms first and makes us ask permission later.
I heard of Kratom. Heard it is pretty cheap. I'd get paid to try it if I could. Glad they are making steps to opening up studies on natural plants for the general public. Word up.
This is fantastic news! I'm a Kratom fan myself but certainly admit the plant needs to be studied more for various uses.
I live in Southeast Asia. Perhaps this is what I should grow on my farm!