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by skulk 1775 days ago
Compared to opioids peddled by pharmaceutical companies (who are, no doubt, responsible for the US pushing to get kratom banned), kratom _IS_ a miracle drug.

Edit: also, I'll bite on the r/quittingkratom link. The first upvoted thread I see is the following: https://www.reddit.com/r/quittingkratom/comments/ozuh1r/krat.... 90 grams per day for 10 years is an absolutely staggering amount of kratom to consume. (For reference, I would feel sick if I ate more than 4 grams at a time, and never felt the need to exceed 5 gpd.) And this person didn't even skip work during withdrawals. They claim the worst part is restless legs and not being able to sleep. Hardly seems comparable to a person quitting a heavy oxycontin habit.