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Department of Health Professions
 
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Board of Pharmacy
 
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Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy [18 VAC 110 ‑ 20]
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6/5/24  10:40 am
Commenter: Jennifer Adamson

I do not support the scheduling of kratom, whatsoever.
 

Dear Board of Pharmacy. Generally, bans in favor of prohibition only drive consumption of the product into the black market where it becomes even more unsafe. With the ease of fentanyl being added to virtually every known illegal street drug, and killing people in the thousands daily, you REALLY want to add to those numbers all of the safe, daily kratom users? Who are seriously managing their lives, their pain, their depression with literal tea?? Appalling.  Show me one person who has legitimately died of kratom overdose and I'll show you millions who've died from (adulterated) black market drugs. 

Please do not take this decision lightly. 

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