My guest is Justin Sykes, also known as TurtleTodd. We talk about growing kratom at home. Justin was a former opiate addict who switched from Suboxone to kratom several years ago and never looked back. Music: Risey “Memories of Thailand” Written and produced by Brian Gallagher for KratomScience.com Disclaimer: There is no content on the Kratom …
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My guest is Wade Harman from Richlands, Virginia. Wade is a former coal miner, now a freelance writer, kratom consumer of 18 years, and host of the podcast The Botanical Resistance. We talk about FDA links to big pharma, marketing in a kratom-restrictive social media world, and how Wade survived an opiate addiction with the …
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My guest is Kendell Clark from Great Saline, Texas. Kendell was diagnosed with scoliosis after a fall he had. He was prescribed Tramadol for the chronic pain, and became addicted to it. Kendell is one of the many thousands of people for whom kratom helped break an opiate addiction. Kendell left some comments on KratomScience.com …
by Cassidy Reese Note: Our “Kratom Stories” series is usually presented in interview format. Cassidy sent us this detailed, fully formed story in response to my initial questions, so I decided to post it as-is with very little editing -Brian My name is Cassidy Reese and I currently live in Lake Charles, La. I have …
Michael Napolitano kicked a decades-long opiate addiction with the help of kratom. Mike is 57, from New York City, and served in the army. His opiate addiction spiraled out of control, and contributed to a life of violent crime and prison. This is his kratom story… Written and produced by Brian Gallagher. Music is Risey …
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For more information on all things kratom visit kratomscience.com Nick Clark was addicted to opiates and homeless by the age of 17. His father was a crack addict, and his girlfriend (now wife) shared his opiate addiction. Nick Clark’s military career didn’t end well, but he says he’s earned a “Junkie Badge of Honor” for …
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Michael Napolitano is an army veteran who describes himself as a “street guy.” Mike is 57 years old from New York, NY. He started using pain pills when he was 15, which led to a lifelong opiate addiction. Mike cleaned up for six years while in the army, but started back again shortly after being …
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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 medication. Not surprisingly, this angered thousands of chronic pain patients who are now struggling to receive proper treatment from their doctors in the aftermath of …
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Amy Wike is a mother of two from Kansas. She goes by @MonnieLV2019 on Twitter. Amy suffers from chronic pain due to severe stress on her back from working for several years in a beef processing plant. After being cut off by her doctors from conventional opioid pain medicine, she discovered kratom. Amy devotes her …
DISCLAIMER: This article is simply a collection of comments posted to our page by former opioid addicts. This is not meant to be a definitive guide. Opioid users should do as much research as possible on kratom before making a decision to acquire some. We encourage anyone reading this to be very careful, as mitragynine, …
