https://www.protectkratom.org/
https://www.protectkratom.org/hawaii
https://www.protectkratom.org/mississippi
Kratom is an herb used for pain management and to keep people off harder painkillers like heroin or similar opiates. It has a mild to moderate pain reducing effect, and can be addictive, but with less overdose potential as compared with other drugs like heroin.
Given how harmful alcohol is while being legal, in comparison kratom seems to have a much more moderate capacity for causing harm, and thus in my view ought to remain legal. Certainly I do not encourage people to abuse the herb, but would like to see more research done on it and think it could be useful in moderation like alcohol can be.
What do you think of kratom and should it be kept legal?
I don't know why people say it's addictive. I've never had any physical craving for it, and can easily do without it anytime I'm busy, working on a project, etc. I'll go days or weeks without it and don't even notice. For me it's allowed me to stay off all alcohol (which IS physically addictive), pain meds, and antidepressants. I take very small doses and for me, the "buzz" I get is like 1-2 beers. Nothing more. Doesn't make you stupid or zoned out like alcohol and pot. For people who have a tendency to overdo anything, it has a built-in safety: if you take too much, you'll get nauseated. Safest thing out there, as far as I'm concerned.
yeah my experience was similar, maybe we took smaller doses? I've also tried nicotine and didn't find that to be that addictive either tho so maybe it's just not as addictive for me or kratom isn't as addictive for our brains as other people? I also think it's much safer than like caffeine or alcohol - idk if people are doing high doses but it's not like it will destroy you like overdosing on alcohol will.