Google “kratom” and “Orange County,” and you'll discover a whole bunch of local smoke shops sell forms of it.
You'll also find some Orange County drug treatment centers deal with addiction to it.
Which brings us to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which announced Tuesday its intention to place the active materials in the kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act “to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety.”
That would mean the government considers mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, which is known more commonly as kratom of ketum, as dangerous to consumers as heroin, cocaine and the evil subject of Reefer Madness.
Coming from a tropical tree indigenous to Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and other areas of Southeast Asia, kratom is repurposed as a powder, plant, capsules, tablets, liquids, gum/resin and a patch.
Kratom can produce opioid-like effects and had been marketed as a legal alternative to controlled substances, the DEA says.
According to the Schedule I announcement:
Law enforcement nationwide has seized more kratom in the first half of 2016 than any previous year and easily accounts for millions of dosages intended for the recreational market, according to DEA findings. In addition, kratom has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. These three factors constitute a Schedule I controlled substance according to the Controlled Substances Act passed by Congress in 1970.
The DEA, which has logged 15 kratom-related deaths between 2014-16, is not the only government agency demonizing it.
The Food and Drug Administration warns against using any products labeled as containing kratom due to concerns about toxicity and potential health impacts.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that abusing the substance can cause agitation, irritability, tachycardia, nausea, drowsiness, hypertension, hepatotoxicity, psychosis, seizure, weight loss, insomnia, tachycardia, vomiting, poor concentration, hallucinations and death.
Sounds like the disclaimer in the TV ads for some of those Big Pharm drugs.
OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Matt Coker has been engaging, enraging and entertaining readers of newspapers, magazines and websites for decades. He spent the first 13 years of his career in journalism at daily newspapers before “graduating” to OC Weekly in 1995 as the alternative newsweekly’s first calendar editor.
I’m in dote on with the cbd products and https://organicbodyessentials.com/products/cbd-capsules-25mg ! The serum gave my peel a youthful help, and the lip balm kept my lips hydrated all day. Knowing I’m using unsullied, simpleton products makes me quality great. These are now my must-haves on a fresh and nourished look!
I recently tried CBD gummies from this website https://www.cornbreadhemp.com/products/full-spectrum-cbd-gummies in search the first prematurely and was pleasantly surprised past the results. Initially skeptical, I initiate that it significantly helped with my appetite and be in the land of nod issues without any remarkable side effects. The fuel was serene to speak, with clear dosage instructions. It had a merciful, shameless grain that was not unpleasant. Within a week, I noticed a marked convalescence in my overall well-being, instinct more blas‚ and rested. I know the regular approximate to wellness CBD offers and representation to pursue using it.