Kratom to receive emergency rescheduling

On September 30th 2016 Kratom will be a schedule 1 substance meaning it will be considered as dangerous as heroin or gammahydroxybutate (GHB) or (kek) marijuana

Mitragyna speciosa, also known as ketum or kratom, is a tropical deciduous and evergreen tree in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Southeast Asia in the Indochina and Malaysia phytochoria (botanical regions). M. speciosa is indigenous to Thailand where it has been used in traditional medicine.

Though not an opiate itself, kratom is thought to behave similarly to a μ-opioid receptor agonist like morphine. Some people use it for managing chronic pain as well as recreationally others use it as a cheap and safe alternative to methadone or suboxone for use in treating opiod addiction/ withdrawl. Effects last for between two and five hours. Kratom use is not detected by typical drug screening tests, but its metabolites can be detected by more specialized testing.

The average ounce is under $10
I've been taking kratom daily as an insulator for the stress if the grind. It's cheap and not very addictive if used right.

It's legal to take a pill that will change your mind into wanting to be productive but if you use a plant to achieve happiness it's illegal.

They have methadone clinics not kratom clinics.

Wtf. That's retarded.

>use drugs to achieve happiness
wew

That sucks. The federal drug classifications don't make sense at all. They are probably only doing this to benefit the pharmaceutical corporations.

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Some of us can't be happy in our current situation but can't just leave it due to grinding for our individual futures. Since leaving isn't an option some people turn to medication from a lab I chose medication from the ground

Bump

I prefer kratom over pot but they complement each other well. Pot makes me lazy whereas kratom motivates. It's a god damn shame the powers that be put kratom in their sights but it was bound to happen considering the benifets and cheap price.

No, that's not true. Look at the LSD ban. Those same pharmaceutical corporations were the ones making the LSD. If it was about punting money to big business, you'd have all the LSD you like.

I suspect this is more about ensuring pleasure is only obtainable via co-operating with the capitalist system and making sure that the drones turn up to the factory on time.

There are ketamine clinics you can go to at least but that is more for depression. At least that is still around but that is different.

I usually see it explained as it's a mind opening substance and that substance may make people question the establishment more so they see it as a great threat.

LSD was banned because it was a way to crack down on hippies and other malcontents. If a few pharma porkies get in the way of the entire system, well, they're just going to have to find a way to deal with it.

In this case though it seems like they're cracking down because it's becoming a somewhat popular alternative treatment for depression and anxiety and it's cheap and unregulated.