Kratom Science Podcast

Join us each week as Brian Gallagher talks to kratom consumers, advocates, & experts about the latest research, news, legislation, and the fight to #KeepKratomLegal.

Final Episode

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Final Episode
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Brian Gallagher will be moving on from Kratom Science after this final episode. I started as a writer and social media manager at Kratom Science in 2018, and developed the podcast in 2019. I have had the privilege of interviewing world renowned kratom experts, pharmacologists, psychologists, social scientists, chemists, addiction psychiatrists, veteran journalists, activists, and …

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112. Zachary Louisiana to Ban Kratom w/ Paul Schexnaydre

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112. Zachary Louisiana to Ban Kratom w/ Paul Schexnaydre
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Town officials linked to law enforcement interests want to criminalize kratom consumers in Zachary Louisiana. A hearing may be anywhere form September 5 – 12. Please contact [email protected] and [email protected] and please ask them to allow you to roam free with kratom tea in that part of OUR country. The kratom law in Louisiana passed …

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111. Jakub Zientala of European Kratom Alliance Returns

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111. Jakub Zientala of European Kratom Alliance Returns
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Jakub Zientala is co-founder and Government Relations Manager of the European Kratom Alliance. He has appeared on KSP episodes #82 and #96. In this episode we have an update about regulation of kratom as a “psychomodular” substance in Czech Republic. We also talk about the legal status of kratom in the Netherlands and other European …

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Call in and Leave a Message! 412-353-9770

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Call in 412-353-9770 and leave a message with your kratom questions, testimonies, experiences, news, and anything else kratom related. We don’t give medical advice, we just direct you toward the latest science. We love you, Kratom Science

110. Adam Peak and Leann Pierson Fight for Kratom in Louisiana

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110. Adam Peak and Leann Pierson Fight for Kratom in Louisiana
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My guests this week are Adam Peak and Leann Pierson from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They co-own Bella Sunrise Smokeshop in Baton Rouge. Recently Adam and Leann gave emotional and informative testimony before Louisiana’s Senate and House, as well as in Livingston Parish, to oppose the prohibition of kratom, and in support of regulation bills. Will …

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109. At the Cannabis Museum Grand Opening

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109. At the Cannabis Museum Grand Opening
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Brian covers his trip to Athens, Ohio in April for a visit to the Cannabis Museum. The museum, founded and curated by Don Wirtshafter with the help of many including Kratom Science Journal Club co-host Dr. Jon Cachat, displayed its first exhibit “Hemp, Hackles, and History”. While Brian was there, the museum parking lot was …

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107. Dr. Peter Grinspoon on Cannabis Science and the Drug War

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107. Dr. Peter Grinspoon on Cannabis Science and the Drug War
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Dr. Peter Grinspoon is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a 25-year cannabis specialist. His new book, released on 4/20/23 is called Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth About Marijuana. We speak about how the science of cannabis, as well as kratom, is …

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106. Is Kratom Safe or Unsafe?

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106. Is Kratom Safe or Unsafe?
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Brian looks at a news report from Bedford, Texas where a diabetic man ended up in the ICU after long term, heavy kratom use including 8-10 “bottles” per day (presumably extract shots) as well as vaping kratom. Yes kratom vaping is actually a thing, and it apparently damaged his lungs. In comparison to the majority …

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105. Unpacking Claims of Kratom-Induced Hallucinations

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105. Unpacking Claims of Kratom-Induced Hallucinations
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Brian talks about his new article “Kratom and Hallucinations: Examining the Evidence Behind the Claims”. It boils down to one case report of a man who hadn’t slept for a week, 45 poison control center calls, and 6 mild symptoms unrelated to kratom use out of a 150 user sample. Yet with such sparse evidence, …

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104. Allegheny County Council’s Bethany Hallam on the Failed Drug War, Incarceration, and Inmate Deaths

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104. Allegheny County Council's Bethany Hallam on the Failed Drug War, Incarceration, and Inmate Deaths
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Bethany Hallam is Councilperson-at-Large for Allegheny County. At age 29 she defeated a long-term incumbent after running openly as a formerly incarcerated person in Allegheny County Jail in recovery from opioid use disorder. She now sits on the jail’s oversight board. We talk about harm reduction, drug decriminalization, the exploitation of incarcerated people, and why …

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