[cwkoss]

Many underserved chronic pain patients are turning to growing their own, seed tea, and kratom. Might still be able to find decorative dried pods as well.

Dextromethorphan and grapefruit juice can potentiate to stretch out doses in times of drought.

Sorry to hear that our medical system is failing you. Truly immoral.

[bpaddock]

The FDA is on a Kratom witch hunt now. Must remove anything that helps people.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/fda-and-...

[aitchnyu]

Seed tea could kill, right? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18489677

[cwkoss]

Yes, as can all opioids (or drugs in general). Biologicals are particularly challenging in this regard as potency can vary wildly. From what I've read, the people who use this regularly try to make very large batches to standardize and then titrate up slowly with every batch. It seems the son in that link was used to taking huge amount of washed seeds and then got an unwashed batch - so in a sad ironic way, the company's attempts to keep people from getting high led to his death.

Definitely risky, and not something I'd ever suggest for recreational purposes. Also important to know that many opiate tests look for non-intoxicating metabolites that are directly available in the poppy, so doctors may overestimate the amount of morphine the individual consumed: leading to overprescription in replacement therapies or overdose treatments, both of which can be dangerous.