“I don’t have a timetable. It could be this week, could be in the future, I just don’t know.” The DEA recently changed direction on their decision to add kratom to the schedule one controlled substance list alongside another inappropriately placed natural substance. Despite no more than anecdotal evidence to support the thin claim that Read More…
Tag: Kratom
Why Was this Natural Medicinal Substance Just Banned by the DEA?
If you’ve been keeping up with alternative media outlets the past couple weeks, you probably know that the DEA just classified kratom, a tropical deciduous tree with leaves used for various medicinal purposes (1), a Schedule 1 substance. This puts it in the same class as heroin (2). Vendors are already struggling to import it, and Read More…
Big Pharma Patents on Kratom Alkaloids Expose Real Reason DEA is Banning this Plant
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) just announced they will ban the popular pain relief supplement kratom by placing it on the Schedule 1 list, which denotes “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse” – the most restrictive classification under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This move to ban yet another Read More…
DEA Plays Dumb After Eviscerating Criticism Of Kratom Ban: Kratom March Is September 13
The DEA extended its authority far past what this weary public will tolerate. Trying to ban kratom is a futile death knell of the drug war, futile only if we continue standing up and flexing our rights. Public outcry, an unrelenting bombardment of opposition is here to set the record straight: kratom cannot be overdosed Read More…
DEA Adds Kratom To Schedule 1 List Alongside Heroin
Fresh on the heels of the CDC labeling kratom as an emerging “public health threat,” the notoriously fascistic U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has filed a notice of intent to not only list it as a controlled substance, but the DEA is planning to add it to the most restrictive classification possible. Mitragyna speciosa, aka kratom, Read More…
CDC Launches War On Kratom; Evidence Who Needs It?
As kratom, a natural pain reliever that has also been known to assist in breaking addiction becomes more and more popular, the Police State and the Nanny State are doing their best to tag-team yet another plant and the concept of individual rights. Demonstrating how so much “science” in modern America isn’t scientific at all, Read More…