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Facts, Not Fiction. Fighting for the Truth About Kratom

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[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

It's new day for #kratom! A change in the White House means new @US_FDA and @DEA_gov leadership. It is a fresh opportunity for kratom leaders who are progressive & diverse to step forward and pick up the fight. Who's with us?

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

WHERE'S THE TYLENOL BAN? Enough with the bashing of #kratom! This SEVEN year study found only one (1) kratom-only U.S. death. See >> https://t.co/zX6JHadtlb. Contrast this with the acetaminophen in your medicine cabinet: 150 U.S. DEATHS PER YEAR! >> https://t.co/rRKfpi58Ug

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

What does #Elections2020 portend for #kratom? Where will the community find new leadership if Democrats gain control of the White House, Senate, FDA & DEA? Where will younger, more diverse & centrist voices come from? Look for more from us here... #ElectionDay #diversity #FDA

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

Whoa, @T_Johnson56. Ease up on the "Reefer Madness" slasher attack on kratom. The DEA tried and failed to ban it in 2016. Taken no such step since then. It is no more addictive than chocolate or coffee. How about getting both sides of the story? https://t.co/BTXqHf2xPr

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

If corporate executives ever deserved to go to jail, it is the people who set in motion the opioid epidemic in the U.S. They hid the risks, they knew the danger ... and they milked it for every $$ they could. https://t.co/oIj7IW3ido #PurduePharma #opioidcrisis #opiod #oxycontin

[Drew Turner @DrewTurner73]

In 2016 when the DEA issued their notice to make #Kratom a schedule 1 drug I truly thought no way we little people could win that battle. Now over 4 years later and we are getting to the real science proof behind why we need to #KeepKratomLegal.

https://t.co/WS17Vw9IUy

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

NOT CREDIBLE: "The (Scientology) Foundation uses (its) ...Truth About Drugs campaign materials for drug education & has been described as 'discredited pseudoscience' ... w/out 'pharmacological basis'..." BS about kratom: https://t.co/M2msx9z2Jf BS group: https://t.co/klrZHIStEW

[Scott Stapf @stapf]

The ludicrous invocation of "kratom addiction" as a defense the large-scale looting of travelers makes about as much sense as the "Twinkie defense" for murder. Neither kratom nor Twinkies are guilty as charged! https://t.co/X2c7ELXKxu

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

This is the most preposterous #kratom story in a long time:

1. Kratom is not addictive.

2. No "growing number" of deaths are associated with kratom.

3. If you are using $110 worth of kratom a day, you are doing something wrong.

https://t.co/bM3hZIT7sJ #fakenews #kratomfacts

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

THOUGHT FOR TODAY - Fear mongering can elicit the Chicken Little Syndrome, in which serial predictions of catastrophe backfire and result in paralysis. Also defined as "a sense of despair or passivity which blocks the audience from actions".

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

GOOD NEWS: Mississippi county reverses ban on kratom. https://t.co/TLpc0Z7EZq #kratom #keepkratomlegal

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

"Cocaine-like kratom"? This is what happens when the media is not engaged and educated about a helpful botanical that studies have shown is no more habituating than coffee or chocolate. https://t.co/oojKokXp2z #kratom #keepkratomlegal #badreporting #publicrelations

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

It would be a crying shame if Covid-19 claimed kratom as one of its victims -- as the results of snake-oil salesmen pushing kratom as a coronavirus cure. This is how a few bad apples can take down a botanical. https://t.co/p851NXHSZ6

[Scott Stapf @stapf]

.@mholzapfelTV: I am calling bullshit on this, which uncritically quotes some bozo there as saying local crime is due in part to #kratom. Show me a police report proving that. Do your job. You're a reporter, not a stenographer. https://t.co/w3zpuNFKHP #keepkratomlegal@joerogan

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

STICK WITH THE SCIENCE: University of Guelph study shows kratom does NOT have "drug" properties that make you high or get you addicted. https://t.co/EcHh889iEq #kratom #keepkratomlegal #science @US_FDA @DEAHQ

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

In crazy case of logic, CBD is the only thing keeping this kratom store open in Denver. You have to read this to believe it! #kratom #keepkratomlegal #Denver #CBD #cbdoil ➡️https://t.co/ACqzJqRKiB

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

The best way to make the #kratom case is to stick with the science. Linking kratom to such hyped & unproven Covid-19 "cures" as chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine puts us on the same level as those who twist & politicize science to attack kratom. We can't attack methods that we use!

[Scott Stapf @stapf]

FACT CHECK: "#Hydroxychloroquine & #chloroquine as treatments for #Covid19 are not yet backed by reliable scientific evidence... Trump’s incorrect comments... on this unproven treatment provides potentially false hope... The president earns 4 Pinocchios." https://t.co/6AGHYV9Ox0

[Scott Stapf @stapf]

Thanks @DrewTurner73! Kratom is just like any other issue where 1 side dominates the media. Reporters try to cover both sides, but only when 2 sides are evident ... When kratom's side of the story is asserted effectively, the coverage balance shifts & can go positive, as in '16.

[Kratom Information & Resource Center @KratomFact]

Missouri town uses COVID-19 as excuse to shut down CBD/kratom shop ... even though it allows curbside pickup of food and alcohol at local restaurants. https://t.co/7djrfq36f2