If the US Department of Justice was busy suing California they wouldn’t have the resources to spend on scheduling kratom.
Or they would look for politically easy drugs nobody has heard of, in order to convince conservative voters that they’re doing something. Few people have heard of kratom, so it’s a great candidate for this. The more sensationalist news sources will report that kratom is a dangerous, highly addictive drug that is used by some people during sex. Eventually the debate will be over whether it should be Schedule 1, or whether there are acceptable medical uses for it.
On the plus side, though, throwing kratom under a bus might help distract from California’s sadly-hypothetical legal marijuana issue.
Eventually the debate will be over whether it should be Schedule 1, or whether there are acceptable medical uses for it.
This is actually one of the best long term ways for my business to wind down in 10-15 years.
Kratom has a very obvious medical use. It’s an opioid and there is evidence that it has fewer side effects than morphine in mice (less constipation, and less “rewarding action” (euphoria) per unit of analgesia).
Or they would look for politically easy drugs nobody has heard of, in order to convince conservative voters that they’re doing something. Few people have heard of kratom, so it’s a great candidate for this. The more sensationalist news sources will report that kratom is a dangerous, highly addictive drug that is used by some people during sex. Eventually the debate will be over whether it should be Schedule 1, or whether there are acceptable medical uses for it.
On the plus side, though, throwing kratom under a bus might help distract from California’s sadly-hypothetical legal marijuana issue.
This is actually one of the best long term ways for my business to wind down in 10-15 years.
Kratom has a very obvious medical use. It’s an opioid and there is evidence that it has fewer side effects than morphine in mice (less constipation, and less “rewarding action” (euphoria) per unit of analgesia).
There is a patent pending for all possible derivatives of kratom: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220090221623%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20090221623&RS=DN/20090221623
I think the debate will likely be about whether kratom derivatives should be schedule 2 or schedule 4.