Shane Dick is from Cumberland, MD where he runs a shop called Appalachia Awakening, “a collective of holistic practitioners focusing on healing and personal well being, we offer Reiki, Massage, Reflexology, Theta Healing, Tarot & Intuitive readings, Meditation, Chakra Balancing, and feature hOMॐ crystal creations energy jewelry.” I got in touch with Shane via Twitter. He was responding to last week’s edition …
I am not a kratom scientist. I am just a humble writer. I am miles away from the nearest college or lab, or wherever great minds are studying sciencey stuff. Here I write about and attempt to understand legitimate studies from the field of medical science. Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you, An Idiot …
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KratomScience.com: How long have you been using kratom? Joe Turner: I’ve been using kratom for almost 4 years. KS: Why did you start using it? Did it help you get off opiates or other drugs? JT: I started using kratom for pain and the depression that came with it. Alcohol was my biggest problem but …
News from Bad Axe… a Michigan town apparently named after a ‘59 Gibson Les Paul… from the Huron Daily Tribune… A 32 year old man was busted for possession with intent to sell 10 hits of LSD. A huge drug bust for Bad Axe. Police also discovered in the man’s possession a pound of “suspected …
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I am not a kratom scientist. I am just a humble writer, humbly writing on a humble laptop that I bought for $40 from a guy I met at a gas station outside of Tulsa. (Writers are traditionally broke.) I am miles away from the nearest college or lab, or wherever great minds are studying …
For those of us researching Kratom science, this link is an excellent resource. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0llU1h5-Vw6bXZZUGEyVGR1NGs?usp=sharing This is being shared publicly by Jane Babin, a San Diego lawyer with a PhD in molecular biology, and author of the excellent report “FDA Fails to Follow the Science on Kratom”
“Hi! I would love to tell you my story. I documented two surgeries with no pain medication and only kratom used. One was oral surgery and the other a cesarean. I also got clean after three years of addiction to opiates and now work for a kratom vendor.“ This is Stephanie Sue from Virginia. She …
There is a pattern in American history of fear-based, reactionary policy to new drugs entering the culture. It goes like this: A fraction of the population starts to use the drug. The media hears about it. As comedian Gilbert Gottfried said of the media, “their job is to make a mouse fart sound like it’s …
Calista from Ohio is a stay-at-home mom of two boys and volunteer who credits kratom for saving her life. In 2017 she began to utilize kratom as a tool in the process of getting off and staying clean of opiates Calista lives in a battleground state. On Monday, October 1st, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy …
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Andrew Turner appeared in the recent Netflix documentary about kratom entitled A Leaf of Faith, directed by Chris Bell (Bigger Stronger Faster, Prescription Thugs). Turner is a veteran of the United States Navy and served in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. He is an outspoken advocate for keeping kratom legal. He lives in the Washington DC …
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