Kratom Legislation 2020
***UPDATED 2/28/2020. Added two Mississippi kratom ban bills. There are 3 in the state. This post will be updated throughout the year as kratom legislation develops With the new year…
Bill to ban kratom to be considered by Maryland Judiciary Committee
Democratic State Senator Ronald Young has introduced SB147, a bill that would ban kratom in Maryland effective October 1, 2020. In a call to action surrounding a January 22 judiciary…
Thailand is on the path to legalize kratom after a 76 year ban
Last week, Thailand's Justice Minister Somsak Thapsutin announced that his ministry no longer considers kratom a narcotic, and plans to legalize the plant where it's been traditionally used for centuries.…
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Dr. Drew trashes chronic pain patients as “borderline druggies”
Last week on his podcast This Life You Live, celebrity addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky called chronic pain patients "borderline druggies" for seeking medical treatment in the form of pain…
Philadelphia Inquirer’s continuing attacks on the kratom community
In the last year Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Mari A. Schaefer has written several articles with headlines like "Deaths from kratom, sold as an herbal supplement, are rising". Her colleague Scott…
Naperville IL City Council votes to remove kratom ban from proposed ordinance, but still has to vote on ordinance Sept 3
A motion to change the language of a proposed ordinance calling for a ban on kratom passed on Tuesday night at the Naperville IL City Council meeting. The ordinance, which…
CALL TO ACTION! Save Kratom in Naperville Illinois! We can all help
Last week on we interviewed Nina Ajdin for our Kratom Stories series. Right now where Nina lives in Naperville, Illinois, the city council is trying to ban kratom and make…
A Mississippi Task Force is Spreading Propaganda Across the State to Ban Kratom
“We can’t arrest our way out of this.” Tammy Reynolds spoke those words on August 15, 2017 in a packed courtroom in the town of Columbus, in Lowndes County, Mississippi.…
Widely Publicized Report on Poison Control Calls about Kratom is Flawed, says Kratom Expert
Last week the public was notified via media about an article published in May in the journal Pharmacotherapy that evaluated poison control center calls about kratom. Using information from the…