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Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy [18 VAC 110 ‑ 20]
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6/4/24  10:20 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Kratom has saved many lives.
 

Today there is not a single death that can be attributed to kratom leaf alone. The deaths that have occurred where the person had great a minimum also had numerous other judge or they were taking a bunch of extracts of kratom which are extremely potent and they weren't paying attention. We don't remove alcohol off the market because some people drink too much and kill people with their car. And nobody takes too much and kills people with their car when it comes to kratom. So many chronic pain patients have switch to kratom rather than using opioids and are much healthier because of it. They don't have to depend on an opioid and something that really messes the brain up at times. Those who are against kratom and say they have personal experience how bad it is have not used it responsibly at all. Just like people that die from taking too much tylenol. Again we're not going to take Tylenol off the market because some people chose to be irresponsible. Today they have no actual studies showing that it is harmful to us and instead there are many scientific studies showing how it is not harmful to us and instead very beneficial for many reasons. Right now we're having an opioid epidemic. People who are hooked on opiates need a way to get off of them but don't include a hardcore drug like methadone. They don't want to trade one for another hardcore drug. Kratom gives them that opportunity. They can use it sensibly yes they still go through withdrawals that don't feel great but at least they can manage through it and then they wean themselves off the kratom. That is much more responsible than taking methadone for the next 10 years, the other popular drug for getting off of heroin and fentanyl is actually quite horrible to try and win off of. Many will not switch to Suboxone because of the fact that it's even worse to get off of than heroin alone or fentanyl alone was. Millions and millions of people in the United States use kratom daily for a variety of reasons and yet we don't see millions of people or even thousands of people dying from it. Removing liquor and liquor stores would do more for society than removing kratom would do. Kratom doesn't take lives it gives people their life back, those who are have chronic pain and have a hard time getting pain medicine or those who don't want opioids and then those that need to get off of you it's find relief with kratom. Many states have passed a kratom consumer act because they have seen the science and the science says it's safe! 

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