What the hell, kratom is awesome and it is helping a lot of junkies like myself stay off of heroin. Would you rather experience some (IMO bullshit) hormonal imbalance, or keep people off of opiates and/or benzo's? Heroin kills people, this shit doesn't. So, which one is worse? I don't care if it's untested, even the FDA hasn't stopped any shipments that are properly labeled (I get 100 kilo's at a time) so... It's basically the definition of HARM REDUCTION and fuck that bullshit in the OP that this is worse than heroin. The fuck??
Did you even research this plant at all? It has been used by many people HEAVILY for people's whole lives in asian countries. How many heroin addicts do you see make it to age 80??? LoL. Sorry if i sound like an asshole but in no way is this shit as harmful as ANY other opiates. The wd for me is quick and painless too(depression is main symptom), even though I will never stop taking this herb unless forced to for various reasons. I feel better when I'm on it, & I take 13ish g's of plain leaf and a G of 100x extract every 5 hours I'm awake. It makes me feel awesome and kills my back pain (that i was RX'ed oxycontin for for years, then turned to heroin after doctors cut me off for no goddamn reason), & it helps with anxiety/depression among other things. I dunno, I'm just glad the FDA doesn't think like you do OP. Otherwise it would make MANY ppl like me get back on the subutex/methadone/heroin cycle I was on for 13 years or so. The pro's FAR FAR FAR outweigh the cons.
Dude, you TOTALLY fucking misunderstand me.
First off, I have an anxiety disorder and when I get in bad states and have panic attacks regarding ANYTHING the shit can come off sounding really bad even because I a not thinking clearly and it comes out wrong on paper if I type it up so that's basically what happened here.
Regardless of what ANYONE thinks I NEVER STATED I thought it was as dangerous as other opiates.
What I was doing was questioning whether or not it has certain dangers, and to be honest if you think it has ZERO dangers and ZERO negative side effects you are probably living in a dream world cause even weed does.
It STILL hasn't been properly tested, but I hope it is and I hope it stays legal forever.
i was freaking out when I started this thread and have since calmed down and I FUCKING LOVE Kratom.
It helps me with my anxiety and depression IMMENSELY except for when I'm in withdrawal.
But the problem is people like you when they won't even QUESTION any downside to a drug.
It's like all the potheads who think weed can't POSSIBLY have any harmful side effects and is god's gift to the earth when it's not.
And by the way I also LOVE weed.
But ALL drugs have dangers and IMO ALL of them, including Heroin, should be legalized in every country in the world.
You don't seem to understand much about my true perspective and I've been enjoying Kratom for 2 years now, but some people on Reddit succeeded in freaking me out while I was in withdrawal and having a panic attack and I reacted badly and posted this thread.
That STILL doesn't mean there's not a shred of truth to questioning the possible side effects of a drug, and when people are talking about losing their hair and getting hormonal imbalances from it there might possibly be something to be concerned about for those people.
As for me, I still Love Kratom and will still take it from time to time, but just because you are willing to shoot junk which has far worse side effects shouldn't mean you are blind to any possible side effects of Kratom or for that matter fucking Tylenol or Advil which have negative side effects too.