Both my dad and I are military veterans, when the doctor said that my dad had to have his hip replaced a second time because of how bad it was, they never gave him any opioid pain medicine for it because of fear of handing out opioids in the opioid epidemic.

People off of the street can get it all day long, but a disabled veteran with a broken hip was not allowed to have access to it.  

Kratom isn't just an effective pain medicine but many many people have used it to get off of alcohol, drugs, even heroin.

To make this illegal would be foolish and would not have the best interest of the citizens at heart.

Yes kratom does cause withdrawals, but so do cigarettes, alcohol, and many other pharmaceutical drugs.

The people who want to make this illegal are the same who want to sell more opioids, not to disabled people who need it, but apparently anyone else.

I've personally taken kratom and I personally quit talking kratom several months later.

After seeing the benefits and also the success stories of others using this to overcome more serious addictions, I personally can not see any reason that kratom shouldn't remain available to those th

at need it.