Kratom has been a useful botanical for which I have utilized for nearly 9 years. I am a 49 year old working professional, a Manufacturing Designer and CNC programmer, whom had massive cranial reconstruction nearly 2 decades ago after an accident where my fibula bone and blood supply (arteries) were used to replace the front of my skull (forehead), frontal sinus, brow bridge, and a plastic shelf replaced my orbital socket; called fibular flap procedure. While I have been put back together by one of the best in the world thanks to modern surgery skills, it has been a challenging path forward with some residual complications ever since. After nearly a decade of struggles, I stumbled upon rratom and it has improved my path forward ever since.

Kratom, plain leaf only, has aided me in remaining a productive member of society, and for that I'm forever grateful. It helps me to be the closest thing to normal, allowing me to continue working and being a productive member of society. It has allowed me to continue going to work every day, where I produce exemplary results in a challenging field.

I have used for pain management without the negative results I had with prescriptions. Again, it gets me the closest to baseline normal compared to anything else I tried, prescription or otherwise. There are a lot of rumors and misconceptions surrounding kratom, but plain leaf, unadulterated kratom has little to no side effects, no recreational uses, and helps countless globally. Again, I have used it for 9 years to improve my quality of life.

We the people, in a free country, should have the right to pursue and make use of natural options as they pertain to our own health. Unadulterated, plain leaf kratom is not something to be demonized. After 9 years of use, I feel that I can confidently speak from authority on the benefits of kratom as it pertains to my life and well being.

Please do not allow for this plant to be unjustly criminalized do to inaccurate and wrong information. Plain leaf kratom is not the problem and people who benefit from it should be entitled to access to it without being criminalized. In my case it has improved the quality of my life and allowed me to continue working and being a productive member of society. Please do not allow this to be taken this away from people like myself. The consequences could cause me to be unable to work and become a burden on society. This is certainly not ideal and not how I wish to finish the remainder of what should continue to be my career. I love my work and with continue doing so.

Thank you for taking the time to read my plea to maintain access to plain leaf kratom.

-Matt Dixon