Alcohol or Benzos?

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I believe it was because unscrupulous suppliers were harvesting the entire plant. Parts of the plant contain a chemical that can result in severe liver injury. In cultures where kava is a traditional medicine, this issue is understood and only certain parts of the plant are used.

But I guess that the people who were selling the stuff didn't feel responsible the long-term health of their customers.

So their was a rationale behind the legal control.

The main active in Kava is kavain and it appears that it has issues. It may prove the basis for an improved treatment for epilepsy but it's not without risk.

I remember taking kava once, a friend got it "prescribed" by his holistic doctor. Then, when I wanted to get some, learned it was no available anymore. That was in Germany sometime in the naughts.
Never understood why a doctor prescribed something that wasn't available, and after all these years this is the first time I get an idea as of why. Admittedly, I never gave it that much thought, either.