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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 will be the subject of another meeting September 3rd, originally would add “a definition of kratom, banning the retail sale of kratom, and prohibiting anyone …
Last week I sat down with Bethany Ruhe for the podcast of Pittsburgh’s independent alt-weekly, The Pittsburgh Current.
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 this strong, amazing young lady a criminal. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS BULLSHIT. Here is Nina’s Call to Action. PLEASE send an email and …
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This is more than just a “kratom” story. Nina Adjin was born in Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars, and as a toddler survived extreme poverty, malnutrition, dehydration, and her family being fired upon while having to wait in long lines for bare necessities, like water. After the war ended, she was bullied in school because …
“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. Recently promoted to the rank of captain in the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN), Reynolds was there to speak about the opioid epidemic along with …
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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 National Poison Data System, the report, entitled “Kratom Use and Toxicities in the United States”, examined 2312 calls, and authoritatively stated that in 935 of …
Oh, I never! Scott Gottlieb was hired to the board of Pfizer? Puh-Fizer? What? This is so out of left field for a healthcare venture capitalist! Next you’ll be telling me that the only reason he got his degree in internal medicine is for street cred with Big Pharma, and to cash in on the …
The proposed kratom ban is not yet active in Ohio, but in its final stages before becoming law. The proposal is now subject to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule review, which will conduct another public hearing, according to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy page entitled “Proposed Rules“: The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy …
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KratomScience: Where are you from and what is your occupation? Matthew Catlin: I’m from Bohemia on Long Island in New York. I have been a commercial heating and air conditioning mechanic for around 10 years. KS: How long have you been consuming kratom? MC: I have been using Kratom for almost 2 years. KS: Why …