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I heard ten-thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'.

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It's very hard to harm someone when you're looking them in the eye. So today, when hundreds of people showed up at the @OhioRxBoard meeting to beg not to be cruelly and needlessly harmed, all but 1 board member stayed home. #keepkratomlegal
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Once again, FDA suggests kratom has "potential to cause new epidemics of abuse.” Valid concern, but FDA has done nothing to back up the claim. Mitragynine has low abuse potential, per recent study. 7-OH-mitragynine has higher potential, but is minor constituent in raw kratom.
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Seems an appropriate use of FDA’s mandate to crack down on kratom vendors touting unproven medical claims, even though this release makes some questionable claims of its own.
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VIDEO ALERT! Due to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's relentless and bias crusade to outlaw kratom, we created this video to fact check his accusations. Share it with your friends and family! #KratomWarrior #IamKratom #FollowtheScience Full video: facebook.com/Americankratoma…
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This is *exactly* the kind of story that reveals FDA’s deceptive treatment of kratom. Sorta urprised Gottlieb would share it. Person tested positive for heroin, fentanyl & cocaine, yet kratom is blamed because it’s present (at admittedly high levels) woodtv.com/news/target-8/aut…
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has tweeted 4 times about kratom today, sharing links “all from this week" about supposed kratom-related deaths, saying these reports are "growing in the press.” All of the stories cover the same set of deaths in Pennsylvania.
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An incredibly damning report from Dr. Jane Babin, an attorney and molecular biologist, accusing FDA of pushing "junk science" to advance a "biased and unwarranted attack on the natural plant kratom." I've reached out to FDA for comment. docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/9ba5d…
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@TheKratomAssn14 Aug 2018
AKA ACCUSES FDA OF MANIPULATING, OBSCURING, AND IGNORING SCIENCE -FDA did NOT independently verify or perform due diligence on death reports cited in an effort to force DEA to list kratom as a Schedule 1 substance americankratom.org/fda-fails #FollowTheScience
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Whatever the case, we’re left with the fact that the only kratom-only OD victim (I’m aware of at least) was also reportedly shooting up, or about to, when he died. Considering the controversy over mitragynine’s supposed harms, that seems significant.
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Here’s my latest on recent reports about supposed kratom overdose deaths around the country. In short, none of the cases provide clear evidence that mitragynine alone is killing people. huffingtonpost.com/entry/kra…
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#iAmkratom #KeepKratomLegal
Nick Wing (@nickpwing) profile pictureNick Wing@nickpwing15 Aug 2018
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Interesting response from FDA on this issue, when pressed by Rolling Stone. Seems like agency staffers leading the campaign against kratom believe all opioids and forms of addiction are completely indistinguishable. rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
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More than 70 overdoses on synthetic marijuana in New Haven. Maybe adding kratom to the list of drugs the government sucks at controlling is a bad idea. huffingtonpost.com/entry/ove…
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What makes my blood boil? That acetaminophen ( a liver toxin) kills more than 10 times as many people than Kratom-polydrug use every year, and yet I can by it by the case load with a bottle of whiskey at the same store. www2.philly.com/philly/healt…
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Replying to @cmoraff
As @nickpwing and others have astutely reported, deaths flagged as "kratom overdoses" are, in fact, polysubstance ODs and/or involve very sick ppl suffering from multiple health problems. Bottom line--very scant evidence thus far that kratom can lead to OD. Def not enough to ban
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A lot to unpack in this Inquirer story about “deaths from kratom,” which is a phrase I’m sure a lot of people will take issue with www2.philly.com/philly/healt…
Deaths from kratom, sold as an herbal supplement, are rising. But no one knows how much.

Deaths from kratom, sold as an herbal supplement, are rising. But no one knows how much.

The exact number of U.S. deaths related to kratom is not known; national, state and local authorities may not be testing for the product.

inquirer.com
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The DEA rewarded Insys Theraputics with Schedule II for their cannabis drug Syndros. That's the same 💩bag company that spent $500,000 to keep pot illegal in Arizona. Gotta keep people using their fentanyl sublingual spray Subsys.
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@statnews9 Aug 2018
STAT Plus: Several former Insys executives and employees have been arrested for allegedly bribing doctors to boost sales of Subsys. buff.ly/2vWPr75
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This post is dedicated to all the people that have been saved by Kratom, to all people who believe in keeping Kratom legal, to all people who believe in a natural remedy. Watch A Leaf of Faith, available on Netflix August 27th. Buy now on iTunes, Google Play, or Amazon.
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ACLU
@ACLU6 Aug 2018
With civil asset forfeiture, police literally accuse your stuff of a crime, and you as the owner have to prove that your stuff is innocent. aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-r…
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I think they mean.... "The US is suffering its worst drug prohibition death rate in history" Let's be clear here, most deaths would not occur with evidence-based harm reduction policies that promote human rights
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I really want to know the origins of these stories. Who’s passing reports of “kratom deaths” on to local news? Is this a product of general concern from confused public health officials, or a more concerted effort to perpetuate a drug scare based on weak evidence?
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Local media have always been a powerful driver for prohibition. A couple of shoddy, alarmist stories & some opportunistic politician sees a chance to grandstand. They start banning things & soon we end up with much more dangerous substitutes like synthetic cannabinoids. Thread👇
Nick Wing (@nickpwing) profile pictureNick Wing@nickpwing6 Aug 2018
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I’ve been banging this drum for a while: Kratom is a perfect scapegoat for medical examiners. It’s a new “drug of concern,” and authorities have done a good job of pushing the “lethal risks” narrative. Local media seems to be buying all of this far too credulously.
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