I have osteoarthritis. I was addicted to painkillers. I've been working a rotating shift the last 20 of my 62 years. Pills and straight whiskey killed my pain.  My then, drug addicted, son found kratom and shared this wonderful leaf with me.  Both of us quit opiates. Since then I have quit drinking. Then I quit smoking after having smoked for 50 years. Then I quit Copenhagen. My blood tests have all fallen into the green. My cholesterol went down. My A1C went down. BP went down. My son is still drug free and sober. I've had both my shoulders totally removed and replaced and I did that without opiates. Just ice packs and this life saving leaf. Kratom has saved my life. Saved my son's life. And now it's saved my brother in laws life who has finally gotten away from vodka. Don't let the lies fool you into judging against this miracle leaf. It saves many lives and without it a lot of people will die because of street painkillers. If anything should be banned, alcohol should be. Look how many millions die of alcohol. Yet nothing is done. That alone should show you this is just a ruse. If it was about your safety, they'd take alcohol n cigarettes sway. This is monetary driven by Big pharma. Kratom cuts into their market and gets people off the drugs being prescribed and living better lives because of it.