What is Kratom?

Thanks for this. I had never paid any attention to it until they threatened to make it illegal. As a medical marijuana advocate, I did not want to see the next plant called a "drug" to war on right as we were making progress on the last round of insanity. I am a hands on kinda gal, and I am old and I hurt some days. I tried it. INCREDIBLE. Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE pain relief. No ill effects at all, and I suffer side effects from almost anything. Yep. Here we go... "Kratom Madness" sweeping America.

Wow...very nice nature, good post, thanks for sharing

Thanks for awareness

No surprise that a centralized drug cartel would attempt to ban a substance it can't patent. It's hilarious that they even claim that their are deaths associated with Kratom. Kratom, unlike legal prescription opiates, cannot stop your breathing and cause a lethal overdose. Any death associated with kratom was actually a death caused by another substance. Its like if someone did a bunch of heroin, smoked a joint, overdosed, and calling it a marijuana related death. Banning Kratom will kill more people than it will help.

Kratom is an amazing herb, but I will not lie like some and say that it does not have a potential for abuse because it def does if used improperly. The community stood up loud for their rights in 2016, so let's hope that they do so again.

Makes you think that they're trying to protect big pharma's monopoly interests. What other reason could there be?

5 million people is a big number after many states imposing a ban on kartom. people see relief in kartom powder without seeing the bad consequences.

Thank you for this great post @doitvoluntarily
I personally have tried kratom when i had pain and i was relived of the pain within hours without any side effect so i dont see the reason why there should be war against kratom
My thought anyway!

Beautiful nature, nice post, thanks for sharing

i lean a new thing everyday on steemit Thanks for awareness thumb up

There was a time i had an accident and i was so addicted to painkillers, it toom alot of therapy to get me off it and sometimes i get scared to slipping back

I had never heard of Kratom before, and now the government is already trying to restrict it? That alone makes me want to learn more...

In asain countries there is a lot of superstition regarding many natural weeds with scientifically not proven that much. But few have seen good results with that. But to be honest it has more of the negative effects on society rather than the medicinal purposes. People always find way to misuse natural resources

This is very first time i know about Kratom and i am really surprised a little bit of. I am intersted to know more about Kratom.

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> The US FDA says that kratom isn't safe and that there isn't any evidence to support the notion that kratom is effective for any medicinal purposes.

A claim like this alone is a good enough proof for me that the substance has enormous medicinal potential.
As for kratom, I must admit it is the first time I hear about it. I'll have to check it out in a bit more detail. Thanks for the introduction.

Its really a matter of personal choice....So I think, the feds are just backed by huge pharma companies...These pharma thugs really do serious lobbying to keep their business running...All they care is about their money.

This is great post, i appreciate this natural.....keep it up. resteemit

So the reports on responsible kratum sellers sites warning of excess usage can cause liver and kidney problems should be disregarded? i have to think that if a responsible kratum seller is warning of possible liver and kidney problems, that the federal govt. might actually be correct here. I feel there needs to be more studies to ascertain at just what dosages are considered safe.....because i see alot of people disregarding the dosages recommended by the manufacturer of the kratum products....

yet another example of interference into people's lives. where is it exactly that we've given governments this powers?

Sadly the irony of legalizing cannabis and criminalizing kratom is completely lost on the VT legislature. Obviously the successful efforts to fight this need to be repeated. Prohibition never works, it is lazy and stupid. In this case it is clearly another case where big pharma and the alcohol industry want to suppress their competition so they don't lose any market share for their poisons.

this photo looking very beautiful

I agree with you. A person should be the one to decide what goes into his body... I think the government shouldn't ban kratom unless they have a solid evidence it is dangerous for everyone.

or we could just embrace freedom :)

Yes, that will do hehe but the government won't let it because they love power

Of course they will try to ban anything if it cuts into their bottom line on making and getting people adicted to thier drugs as they rake in billions of dollars a year . Maybe people do overdose on it , but they overdose on other drugs too which are allowed , for me I stay clear of any drugs for as long as I can . I have seen what they can do to people and have been to , far to many funerals I care to count . Thanks for sharing @doitvoluntarily , I have never heard of this drug before.Upped and resteemed
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Good to see you here Karen. Totally agree with your comment. These agencies are corrupt and can't be trusted. They are all in the pockets of big pharma. All you have to do is "follow the money" and it will bring to the root of all evil! lol....but that is really not funny. Great post @doitvoluntarily! Like usual!

You are so right Dan ! nice to see you here too , I have followed @doitvoluntarily for a long time now !

INFORMING THE MASSES - A short list of some of the abuses against @Noganoo by Satanic whales on Steemit.

For those of you who are unaware @Noganoo was sexually abused when he was 5 years old. Bernie Sanders learned this from Fyrstikken whom Noganoo trusted and confided in and then was betrayed and slandered by Fyrstikken whom Noganoo brought to Steemit. Noganoo only requested that Fyrstikken send back the 10 Bitcoins he stole from SatoshiHorizon through his “altcoin investment fund.” Noganoo stood up against Bernie's flag abuse towards SeaBlue which caused the war that you are seeing today. Bernie swore to destroy Noganoo because Noganoo defended the helpless minnows on Steemit. Below are just a few of the terrible insults they have spoken against this Christian man. Please visit @Noganoo's blog and support and encourage him through these demonic attacks as his old friends have forsaken him. Not only do these people verbally attack Noganoo but they antagonize him until he responds in anger, then they sent the FBI to his house for "threatening." Noganoo has requested to all of the whales on steemit directly for them to speak to these 2 fraudsters and tell them to stop. Not a word was said in one year and now he is resorting to further action. The abuse will stop. If you have any information as to the identity or whereabouts of BernieSanders or Pfunk please contact abuse@steem.in. There is a substantial reward and you can remain anonymous. Noganoo is unable to file a restraining order against these 2 until he finds their identity. BernieSanders is a pedophile and should not be rewarded with upvotes on Steemit.

First of all let's go back to before this all started. Noganoo was investigating the fraud and theft of 10s of millions of dollars of rewards by Donkeypong, Gavvet, HanshotFirst, Kevinwong, The-Alien, JrCornel, Sweetsssj and Knozaki2015 with their organization called "SteemGuild" where they used the Steemit Co-founder Ned's account to vote for themselves instead of the "minnows" they claimed to be supporting. Go look at all of their current account values and you can see that over 1 year ago Noganoo was right! They paid themselves multi-millions for only a couple months of curating on Steemit. Something the rest of us do for free. You can see that these people and their friends are the only people who have ever attacked Noganoo. They are trying to cover up their theft. If you go back on the blockchain you can see Noganoo's accounts previously supported most of these authors with his thousand bot voters early on in the platforms launch. https://steemd.com/@sweet-banana?page=17 Then Noganoo called out The-Alien for his common use of the word "Motherfucker" in his fiction stories that were upvoted by their "Steemguild" to number one on trending every day to "raise money for the guild." Fact is they stole millions of dollars. This rebuke prevented Noganoo from ever getting an upvote from that guild which controlled over 30% of the voting power on Steemit at the time.

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"Sorry, I should have said "Go fuck your cousin." (again)
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Here is Pfunk attacking Noganoo's girlfriend.
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Here Bernie tries to twist the truth and calls him an "incestuous criminal." Bernie is trying to convince the unknowing public that Noganoo is a sex criminal.
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I'll save you a spot beside me in hell to torment you with incestuous dick art for all eternity.
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I'm pretty sure (noganoo) was molested by somone in the church.
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Incestuous Scumbag, I bet the abuse never even happened and you are trying to gain sympathy
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Here is Pfunk 2 years ago violently attacking an article Noganoo wrote about Christianity, Pfunk at the time had no idea Noganoo wrote this! Pfunk is a hater of true Christians but aligns himself with the fake Christians so he can get more witness votes and doesn't lose support. Pfunk proceeded to individually message everyone that upvoted Noganoo and slander him and threaten them with loss of support if they continue to upvote his articles. Pfunk, Berniesanders and Ausbitbank costed Noganoo over 50,000 dollars in losses last year. Ausbitbank attacked Noganoo to impress his witness friends when Noganoo is the one who brought him to Steemit. He brought Noganoo’s reputation from 68 down to zero with stolen Steempower provided by JamesC
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:5

True story.

INFORMING THE MASSES - A short list of some of the abuses against @Noganoo by Satanic whales on Steemit.

For those of you who are unaware @Noganoo was sexually abused when he was 5 years old.   Bernie Sanders learned this from Fyrstikken whom Noganoo trusted and confided in and then was betrayed and slandered by Fyrstikken whom Noganoo brought to Steemit.   Noganoo only requested that Fyrstikken send back the 10 Bitcoins he stole from SatoshiHorizon through his “altcoin investment fund.” Noganoo stood up against Bernie's flag abuse towards SeaBlue which caused the war that you are seeing today.   Bernie swore to destroy Noganoo because Noganoo defended the helpless minnows on Steemit.   Below are just a few of the terrible insults they have spoken against this Christian man.   Please visit @Noganoo's blog and support and encourage him through these demonic attacks as his old friends have forsaken him.   Not only do these people verbally attack Noganoo but they antagonize him until he responds in anger, then they sent the FBI to his house for "threatening."   Noganoo has requested to all of the whales on steemit directly for them to speak to these 2 fraudsters and tell them to stop.   Not a word was said in one year and now he is resorting to further action.   The abuse will stop.   If you have any information as to the identity or whereabouts of BernieSanders or Pfunk please contact abuse@steem.in.   There is a substantial reward and you can remain anonymous.   Noganoo is unable to file a restraining order against these 2 until he finds their identity.   BernieSanders is a pedophile and should not be rewarded with upvotes on Steemit.

First of all let's go back to before this all started.   Noganoo was investigating the fraud and theft of 10s of millions of dollars of rewards by Donkeypong, Gavvet, Sauravrungta, HanshotFirst, Kevinwong, The-Alien, JrCornel, Sweetsssj and Knozaki2015 with their organization called "SteemGuild" where they used the Steemit Co-founder Ned's account to vote for themselves instead of the "minnows" they claimed to be supporting.   Go look at all of their current account values and you can see that over 1 year ago Noganoo was right! They paid themselves multi-millions for only a couple months of curating on Steemit. Something the rest of us do for free.   You can see that these people and their friends are the only people who have ever attacked Noganoo.   They are trying to cover up their theft.   If you go back on the blockchain you can see Noganoo's accounts previously supported most of these authors with his thousand bot voters early on in the platforms launch.   https://steemd.com/@sweet-banana?page=17     Then Noganoo called out The-Alien for his common use of the word "Motherfucker" in his fiction stories that were upvoted by their "Steemguild" to number one on trending every day to "raise money for the guild."   Fact is they stole millions of dollars.   This rebuke prevented Noganoo from ever getting an upvote from that guild which controlled over 30% of the voting power on Steemit at the time.

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Sorry, I should have said "Go fuck your cousin." (again)
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Here is Pfunk attacking Noganoo's girlfriend.
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Here Bernie tries to twist the truth and calls him an "incestuous criminal."   Bernie is trying to convince the unknowing public that Noganoo is a sex criminal.
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I'll save you a spot beside me in hell to torment you with incestuous dick art for all eternity.
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I'm pretty sure (noganoo) was molested by somone in the church.
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Incestuous Scumbag, I bet the abuse never even happened and you are trying to gain sympathy
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Here is Pfunk 2 years ago violently attacking an article Noganoo wrote about Christianity,   Pfunk at the time had no idea Noganoo wrote this!   Pfunk is a hater of true Christians but aligns himself with the fake Christians so he can get more witness votes and doesn't lose support.   Pfunk proceeded to individually message everyone that upvoted Noganoo and slander him and threaten them with loss of support if they continue to upvote his articles.   Pfunk, Berniesanders and Ausbitbank costed Noganoo over 50,000 dollars in losses last year.   Ausbitbank attacked Noganoo to impress his witness friends when Noganoo is the one who brought him to Steemit.   He brought Noganoo’s reputation from 68 down to zero with stolen Steempower provided by JamesC
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:5

Good post!

I have personal testimony about kratom, as someone who has been able to heal after a late stage cancer that left me with titanium ribs and severe pain as a side effect.

I use absolutely no pharmaceuticals for pain. (Although they've been extensively prescribed to me and I do have an "in case of Zombie apocalypse" stash.)

I have a self-care regimen that I have carefully articulated with the help of my practitioners and my Spirit Guides which include kratom. I have never personally experienced any of the "psychedelic" effects some claim to have, but I do find that life is liveable and that I can dance and sing and be productive whilst never ingesting the pharmaceutical poison that is systematically being prescribed to people who wind up dead.

I am resteeming your most excellent post and am happy I found it today. 💘

Hubby and I tried it a while back when we learned that kratom works as a stimulant more effective than coffee when used in lower doses. I did a little more research at that time. Evidently addiction is a bit of a problem where it's easily grown but here in the states and Canada it takes some work to grow. The trees are huge when they grow naturally and they require a lot of water, light, and heat so the herb is expensive, whether you use it for the stimulant or sedative effect. It also tastes extremely icky - not something you'd get used to. I suspect that it's kind of a niche drug and not worth passing laws on. The people who are willing to put up with the expense and taste long-term are those who have a reason to need it... or I could just be a nonaddictive personality.