My mother was addicted to opiates. She would be out of it all the time, and spend all of her money to get more. I would try to give her money for groceries and she would just buy more pills. It was bad.
She discovered Kratom and has been doing great ever since; living a normal life for the past 5 years or so. Please don't take this away. Peoples lives will be destroyed.
Also, based on my personal experiences and all of the evidence I have seen, I don't believe it is harmful, especially not harmful enough to be considered a scheduled drug.
I do however think age restrictions may be reasonable.