[Due to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970] … absence of clinical evidence soon became a compounded issue. When there’s no research, attention tends to wane. Not only do clinical trials stop, but meta-analyses and trial reviews cease too. As a result, physician awareness and interest in exploring novel psychedelic therapies dwindles. “But when you…
Though not all drugs make you an environmentalist; only certain types, according to a paper published last month in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Alcohol doesn’t make you go green — though it might make you throw up green stuff. Cocaine doesn’t make you worry about the melting glaciers — it just makes you worry about the…
I fear that by banning kratom, we are creating a significant issue by hindering research. I am a proponent of regulating kratom as limiting the excess, as controlling products that are entering the United States [to ensure] they show quality, that there is actually kratom inside when kratom is mentioned on the label. I support…
Although I am in agreement with the FDA’s science, it does not exist in a vacuum. When determining the risk of using a drug or chemical it is essential to also consider the risk of not using it. This is why I “changed my mind” about kratom. Kratom did not change, but the situation did.…
If the DEA actually cared about the safety of Americans, the last thing they would do would push this plant into the black market where it is not put in check by consumers and ethical business practices … Also, as you read below, it becomes entirely clear that Gottlieb’s assertion that there is “no reliable evidence…
What about the drugs that are out there that the FDA has known about for 20 years and they refuse to do anything? They’re killing thousands of people. 170 people will die today. 170 people will die today because of the inaction and the FDA being asleep at the wheel again. Intentionally being asleep at…
“The FDA is creating, essentially, public hysteria,” Paula Brown, director of the B.C. Institute of Technology’s natural health and food producers research group, said in a telephone interview. “I’m very skeptical that kratom could actually be attributed as a cause of death.” Zachary Walsh, an associate professor in UBC’s department of psychology and co-director of…
Sales reps, May told me, received training in “overcoming objections” from clinicians. If a doctor inquired about addiction, May had a talking point ready. “ ‘The delivery system is believed to reduce the abuse liability of the drug,’ ” he recited to me, with a rueful laugh. “Those were the specific words. I can still…
During alcohol prohibition in the US in the 1920s, the government made an exception for whisky, a more expensive alcoholic drink, which you could buy with a doctor’s prescription. This ensured that those who were poor could be locked up for drinking alcohol, while the elites could legally obtain the drug if they wanted to.…
“It gave me a very good, focused energy,” he said. “So since then, I’ve taken Kratom from time to time in the morning instead of coffee.” Palatnik said he tests every Kratom strain he sells. He said the powder should not be confused with the wave of synthetic drugs that were sold in other stores…
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