I am responsible Kratom user for the past 5 years since the CDC pushed their opioid agenda and pushed Drs to stop prescribing opioids for chronic pain even though I was on a stable dose for 10 years. Thank goodness I found Kratom! It helps me with my chronic 24/7 pain. If I didn't have Kratom I honestly don't know what I'd do. There is always going to be people who abuse.... but abusing Kratom brings on vomiting. There's no way a person can overdose on Kratom. Changing the status of this herb to controlled will cause much more harm than good. I'm not sure that what you think this will accomplish but I cab say it's going to do more harm.  How many will go to the streets to get pain relief we can no longer get?