Friday, April 17

Author: Catherine

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Regulations Are On Hold as Kratom Debate Rages

At the age of 27, Kim DeMott says, her life was looking bleak. After being diagnosed with lupus, she had infections, rashes, and incredible pain all over her body. Over the next several years, her health declined as new diagnoses came: fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and Sjogren’s syndrome. Her pain became so severe she started using a cane to walk, and she says at her lowest point, she was taking 28 medications a day, including several opioids for chronic pain. “I wasn’t able to be a good mom to my kids. I wasn’t able to function. I had zero quality of life. I was just miserable,” the California mother of two says. Then in 2016, DeMott learned about kratom from a friend taking it for lupus symptoms. She decided to give the herbal supplement a try. She ordered some online and brewed it...
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Indonesia cashes in on Kratom amid debate over the plant’s health benefits

The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of Kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety. Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in powder form and exported worldwide – alarming some health regulators who have raised concerns about safety. Kratom stimulates the same brain receptors as morphine, although it produces much milder effects. “I take Kratom and have had no problems. Every strain has its benefits – some help you relax, others can treat insomnia or treat drug addiction. Some help inc...
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Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesia cashes in on Kratom

The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of Kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety. Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in powder form and exported worldwide—alarming some health regulators who have raised concerns about safety. Kratom stimulates the same brain receptors as morphine, although it produces much milder effects. "I take Kratom and have had no problems. Every strain has its benefits - some help you relax, others can treat insomnia or treat drug addiction. Some help increase stamina," grower F...
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Should You Mix Cannabis and Kratom?

Both Cannabis and Kratom are very popular in today’s landscape, but for a long while now, people were wondering if you should mix the two. To get to the bottom of this, we’re going to have to cover both of them individually and acknowledge what effects might complement each other, and which Kratom and Marijuana side effects might augment. If you’re looking for a short answer, yes, it is entirely safe to mix Cannabis and Kratom, and the effects that come afterward aren’t dangerous. There are a couple of crucial things you need to consider if you’re contemplating mixing these two. Cannabis has been around for a long time. It’s a plant rich in CBD and THC, both of which cause wildly different effects. While CBD is very beneficial for your health without causing a high, THC is mostly kno...