James

I heard ten-thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'.

[James @real_large]

It's very hard to harm someone when you're looking them in the eye.
So today, when hundreds of people showed up at the @OhioRxBoard meeting to beg not to be cruelly and needlessly harmed, all but 1 board member stayed home. #keepkratomlegal

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Once again, FDA suggests kratom has "potential to cause new epidemics of abuse.” Valid concern, but FDA has done nothing to back up the claim. Mitragynine has low abuse potential, per recent study. 7-OH-mitragynine has higher potential, but is minor constituent in raw kratom.

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Seems an appropriate use of FDA’s mandate to crack down on kratom vendors touting unproven medical claims, even though this release makes some questionable claims of its own.

[American Kratom Association @TheKratomAssn]

VIDEO ALERT! Due to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's relentless and bias crusade to outlaw kratom, we created this video to fact check his accusations.

Share it with your friends and family!

#KratomWarrior #IamKratom #FollowtheScience

Full video: https://t.co/8EEncIoQPk

[James @real_large]

@SGottliebFDA Below is the third paragraph of the article you just linked.
None of your fear-mongering over kratom has held up under even the slightest scrutiny.
I'm sorry this plant or the science behind it doesn't fit your narrative, but at this point you are just wasting people's time.

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

This is *exactly* the kind of story that reveals FDA’s deceptive treatment of kratom. Sorta urprised Gottlieb would share it. Person tested positive for heroin, fentanyl & cocaine, yet kratom is blamed because it’s present (at admittedly high levels) https://t.co/CfGIEDbYcV

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has tweeted 4 times about kratom today, sharing links “all from this week" about supposed kratom-related deaths, saying these reports are "growing in the press.” All of the stories cover the same set of deaths in Pennsylvania.

[James @real_large]

@saradmarino @TCPalm
So far 8 of the 9 "kratom deaths" in your July 26 story are something quite different.
Perhaps a folo with some tough questions for the medical examiner is in order now?
(Not your fault. This is happening nationally.)

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Just got an 8th autopsy out of the 9 supposed kratom-related deaths in the Treasure Coast this year. Tested positive for a number of opioids, including fentanyl. Mitragynine at 18 ng/mL — again below arbitrary 20-600 ng/mL “fatal” range.

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

An incredibly damning report from Dr. Jane Babin, an attorney and molecular biologist, accusing FDA of pushing "junk science" to advance a "biased and unwarranted attack on the natural plant kratom." I've reached out to FDA for comment. https://t.co/lpRuRB388K

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Whatever the case, we’re left with the fact that the only kratom-only OD victim (I’m aware of at least) was also reportedly shooting up, or about to, when he died. Considering the controversy over mitragynine’s supposed harms, that seems significant.

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Here’s my latest on recent reports about supposed kratom overdose deaths around the country. In short, none of the cases provide clear evidence that mitragynine alone is killing people. https://t.co/5MmQkwH3Eq

[James @real_large]

#iAmkratom #KeepKratomLegal

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

Interesting response from FDA on this issue, when pressed by Rolling Stone. Seems like agency staffers leading the campaign against kratom believe all opioids and forms of addiction are completely indistinguishable. https://t.co/eCdGroJTVo

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

More than 70 overdoses on synthetic marijuana in New Haven. Maybe adding kratom to the list of drugs the government sucks at controlling is a bad idea. https://t.co/BdOF0LiIUM

[Christopher Moraff @cmoraff]

What makes my blood boil? That acetaminophen ( a liver toxin) kills more than 10 times as many people than Kratom-polydrug use every year, and yet I can by it by the case load with a bottle of whiskey at the same store. https://t.co/OgpsML7AzS

[Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky]

@cmoraff As @nickpwing and others have astutely reported, deaths flagged as "kratom overdoses" are, in fact, polysubstance ODs and/or involve very sick ppl suffering from multiple health problems. Bottom line--very scant evidence thus far that kratom can lead to OD. Def not enough to ban

[James @real_large]

@MariSchaefer @phillydotcom Inquirer may also wish to ask the medical examiner in Death #1 if he tested for this pharmaceutical research chemical "tianeptine," a powerful antidepressant which Caleb Sturgis claimed to use regularly.

[James @real_large]

@MariSchaefer @phillydotcom 1) Opioid addict flips his car off the highway.
2) Woman with mental illness and 3-decade opioid addiction takes cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
3) Overweight man with HBP suffers cardiovascular disease.

Logical cause of deaths: kratom?
Come now ... This doesn't seem fishy to you?

[Nick Wing @nickpwing]

A lot to unpack in this Inquirer story about “deaths from kratom,” which is a phrase I’m sure a lot of people will take issue with https://t.co/7lXJNLlYSc

[Sanho Tree @SanhoTree]

The DEA rewarded Insys Theraputics with Schedule II for their cannabis drug Syndros. That's the same 💩bag company that spent $500,000 to keep pot illegal in Arizona. Gotta keep people using their fentanyl sublingual spray Subsys.

[Leaf of Faith @Leaf_of_Faith]

This post is dedicated to all the people that have been saved by Kratom, to all people who believe in keeping Kratom legal, to all people who believe in a natural remedy.

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