Wilson Wilson
Bluelighter
If you take kratom as much as you claim then you would know there is a certain point you don't get high anymore. If you keep upping your dose, nausea and vomiting will happen.
Don't try to make it seem like I'm not concerned about harm reduction. I have pointed out kratom gives opiate-like withdrawal. As far as I know, people haven't OD'd and died from kratom, but they do from real opiates. Suggesting codeine over kratom is ridiculous. Plus, codeine is easier to take which makes it easier to abuse by just popping a few pills.
People have OD'd from kratom although it is very rare. Most kratom OD's are from polysubstance abuse, but there are a few documented deaths from kratom alone. Again though it is rare.
The same is true of codeine. As a rule it's highly unlikely to cause a fatal OD, but it happens rarely.
As for being "easier to take" you know kratom capsules exist right?
It just seems to me that your basis for claiming kratom is safer is based purely on your personal preference for one over the other. Obviously if you prefer kratom then more power to you, but to claim it is somehow safer without being able to back that claim up with evidence on an HR forum is where I have the issue.
Personally I am sceptical simply because of how little we know about kratom's mechanism of action. It's impossible to make definitive statements about safety when you don't fully understand how a substance works. Kratom also carries a risk of liver failure in some individuals. Yes this is rare too, but it does happen.