#kratom "One of the greatest tragedies of the DEA’s plan is that a significant community of people using kratom to climb out of the hell of opioid addiction may again fall prey to the same substances that were killing them. And many who might have avoided getting hooked on pain meds will lose a viable alternative. I won’t spend time exploring the opioid epidemic here (there’s news on that every day of the week), but it’s worth wondering aloud whether banning an herbal substance that was helping a significant number of former opioid addicts—and could help prevent future cases of addiction—will worsen what’s already a horrific problem." http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2016/09/13/what-the-deas-plan-to-schedule-1-kratom-will-mean-for-millions/#3382618772a9