Began taking kratom, 500mg to 2grams in 2014. I successfully cured my addiction to alcohol, took up fitness, lost dangerous weight and prevented what I am certain would've been an early death. And I unequivocally without any doubt attribute this achievement to kratom. The herb helped me curb addiction and helps me cope with depression. A tremendous alternative to pharmaceutical interventions. Please consider carefully the comments presented here from real human beings with no agenda and please read the science. Kratom is no more toxic than acetaminophen which is linked to hundreds of deaths each year in the United States. But why no frenzied push to ban that drug??