Days when I am not in pain, which are few and far between, I actually don't use Kratom. There IS no addiction, unless you are a stupid kid trying to get high which will fail. You do not get high, you get pain relief. Some people use it for depression and anxiety. I don't even go there; only need it for PAIN. Hard to want to sit in front of a train and wait; then find Kratom and believe I might want to live instead.

IF, in fact, Kratom was so bad and dangerous, does anyone think Jeff Sessions, Scott Gottlieb or others would not ban it IMMEDIATELY? Instead they try to flood news organizations with stories of death due to Kratom. Follow up is that the victim was full of meth, heroin, or cocaine.

The ONLY way you could die from Kratom, is by inhaling and choking on it. Never heard of that of course.

You DO need to buy from a vetted vendor who tests product for salmonella, etc. and documents their tests. Is this all easy? NOPE. But neither is living in pain.