Kratom Science on the Pittsburgh Current Podcast
Last week I sat down with Bethany Ruhe for the podcast of Pittsburgh’s independent alt-weekly, The Pittsburgh Current.
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 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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Kratom Stories: Nina Ajdin from Illinois
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 …
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. 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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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 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 …
Shocking News to No One in the Kratom Community: Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Hired to Pfizer’s Board of Directors
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 …
Ohio Kratom Ban in the Hands of Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review
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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Kratom Stories: Matthew Catlin from New York
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 …
Leading Kratom Scientists Call on FDA, DEA to Keep Kratom Legal
In a recent article published in International Journal of Drug Policy, leading kratom researchers called on the FDA, DEA, and legislators to keep kratom legal, as placing kratom on Schedule 1 would impede research and cause damaging public health consequences. Authors included Chris McCurdy, Andrew Kruegal, Jack Henningfield, and the late Bonnie Avery (who passed …
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Good News for Kratom Science: House Committee on Appropriations requests expanded research; NIDA grants $3.4 million to UF College of Pharmacy
Slowly but surely, government is responding to the relentless advocacy of the kratom community and the American Kratom Association. In addition to the state governments of Georgia, Utah, and Arizona (that recently decided to regulate rather than ban kratom), the House of Representatives and the National Institutes on Drug Abuse are listening to our calls …