"Kratom has deadly risks"
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/health/kratom-fda-warning/index.html
CNN and the FDA are giving kratom very bad press lately makes me nervous about their ban decision in December... thoughts guys?
Ban decision?
well December 1st the comment period ends and they may or may not try to ban it again last I heard
The comment period ended LAST December. The FDA is still slowly doing their own required 8-Factor Analysis, without which any scheduling cannot move forward.
The AKA is producing a position statement in reply to FDA Commissioner Gottlieb's press release from this morning. Our statement should be ready later today.
The battle continues, but no ban is in sight on the federal level.
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ah thanks for correcting me, indeed the fight continues cheers!
You can always sign up for emails of current news as it’s released at this link:
https://www.americankratom.org/
They eblast during bad press days, so get on the list to stay in the know (just a suggestion):
Have a wee bit better day!
Gotta love the made up medical term, “opioid use disorder”. Where’s the scientific evidence creating a new DISORDER?
Have a wee bit better day!
I agree, the "experts" (who have never tried kratom and have major conflicts of interest with a company that may have a kratom alkaloid-based drug in their pipeline) SHOULD use words accurately, but the word, "Addiction" has so much more impact than does "dependence".
With a headline like "Kratom has deadly risks", it is evident that the FDA's agenda is to scare away people who might think of trying kratom.
The AKA's 8-Factor Analysis has been in the FDA's hands since last December, but they seem to be stumped on how they can come up with an answer to why kratom should still be banned.
Expecting a reasonable stance on kratom from the FDA is unlikely to happen when there's so much money Big Pharma could be making by driving the cheap powdered leaf from the market and presenting us with one or more synthetic versions, "take it or leave it".
I'm thinking that's what they WANT to do, but we're not going to let them. When enough voters tell Congress something is important to them, they usually get what they want. Stay tuned for the AKA's rebuttal to Dr. Gottlieb's statement.
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True stuff. Our vendors have been suffering this unnecessary risk for YEARS due to illegal confiscation. So this is not new.
I’m listening to coasttocoastam dot com and George Noory just spelled out K R A T O M and told his audience to “be careful”. What a nerd...Art Bell would never have said that (as an on-air personality OR as a chronic pain sufferer).
I’ll bet the publicity just brings MORE customers (suffering patients with no options that somehow hadn’t heard about this botanical yet) to the vendors, which helps cover their cost of risk.
Have a wee bit better day!
Ugh! I was on that FDA post and the more I read the angrier I got. I made a post. Probably too long for most to read but hopefully the FDA clowns take the time. Afterall Im sure someone is paid millions to run social media fearmongering.
All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together my way.
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