This past week Big Pharma, Big Government, and their partners in the Mainstream Media shelled out quite the onslaught of anti-kratom propaganda and disinformation.It all started with a Center for Disease Control “study” titled, Unintentional Kratom Doses with Kratom Detected. In the paper, the CDC examined “data on 27,338 overdose deaths that occurred during July 2016–December […]
Category: Kratom Activism
Proposed Utah Legislation Would Keep Kratom Legal
Proposed legislation in Utah would keep kratom legal, despite ongoing efforts by the FDA to stymie use of the plant. KUTV reports Republican Utah Senator Curt Bramble is sponsoring the bill which would keep pure kratom legal, while criminalizing kratom mixed with other additives. The language for the legislation was given to Bramble by Mac Haddow, […]
Controversial Program Blocking Card Processing for Kratom Vendors Faces Congressional Scrutiny
By: Brian Hagen Washington D.C. – Citing “disturbing” documents, a group of Republican Senators is seeking to ensure no continued activity under Operation Choke Point, an Obama-era effort to freeze politically disfavored businesses out of the financial system. Aimed at limiting access to credit cards to industries the Government deems “undesirable” such as firearms, adult novelties, […]
FDA Czar Dr. Scott Goettlieb and His War on Kratom
Head of the FDA – infringing on Americans’ healthcare freedom by working to deny millions of Americans the right to consume the all natural plant, kratom.
Share Your Kratom Story On CrisisNextDoor.gov and Help Spread Kratom Awareness!
If you or someone close to you has overcome opioid addiction by using kratom, we implore you to share your story with CrisisNextDoor.gov, or any social media of your choosing.
Tennessee Statement on Kratom Inspires Hope
They have clarified that natural, pure kratom is NOT illegal to possess, while any synthetic forms of the psychoactive compounds found within the kratom plant (mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine) are not legal under Tennessee law.
AKA Calls on Kratom Community to Encourage Representatives to Support Pocan/Lobiondo Letter
In an effort to prevent kratom from being scheduled as a controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the American Kratom Association has been hard at work lobbying Congress.
American Kratom Association Press Conference In Response to Recent Efforts by the FDA and DEA to Restrict Kratom Access
On November 29th, 2017, The American Kratom Association hosted a press conference in Atlanta, GA. The purpose of the press conference was to rebuke some of the lies and misinformation coming from the FDA’s recent Health Advisory on Kratom and to inform the public of the many benefits kratom has to offer users. Please watch […]
Brave Botanicals Special Report – Kratom Under Attack: the FDA Strikes Again
Written by: John Bush, CEO MyBraveBotanicals.com With the opioid use on the rise in the United States, more and more Americans are turning to kratom to help overcome opiate addiction. Kratom is made from the ground up leaves of the kratom evergreen tree, a member of the coffee family grown primarily in Southeast Asia. Many […]
PETITION BY THE AMERICAN KRATOM ASSOCIATION TO REVIEW AND CORRECT THE FDA’S PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY ON KRATOM
American Kratom Association follow up statement directly to the FDA PETITION BY THE AMERICAN KRATOM ASSOCIATION TO REVIEW AND CORRECT THE FDA’S PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY ON KRATOM November 15, 2017 The American Kratom Association (AKA), represents more than 3 million adult consumers of the botanical kratom in the United States. The AKA hereby files this […]