Whether it’s harmful or helpful, addictive or medicinal, Michigan soon may regulate the herbal supplement kratom, making it illegal for minors and requiring licenses and product testing for anyone wishing to sell it. A Michigan bill, sponsored by State Rep. Lori Stone, D-Warren, several other Democrats
The Canadian-based psychedelics company Nirvana Life Sciences Inc. filed a patent for the deuterated form of 7-hydroxymitragynine (D7-h.), commonly known as Kratom. Nirvana focuses on developing mental health therapeutics including non-addictive chronic pain and relapse-preventing products. Recognition and use of Kratom, utilized in Southeast Asia for the past 150 years, has increased in Canada, the U.S. and worldwide
Fifteen years ago, my life was turned upside down when I started experiencing chronic pain. A combination of arthritis, spinal stenosis, fibromyalgia and more left me bedridden and every medical option suggested by experts at various institutions like the University of Michigan and Michigan State
The world is in the middle of a crisis because of climate change due to industrialization and modernization. Industrialization has resulted in a world consuming synthesized food and medicines. The world is in an abnormal condition because of the side effects of the synthesized edibles.
To Ozaukee Press: I am a nurse practitioner but retired early due to my disabilities. By 2015, I had severe pain, fatigue and couldn’t stand for long periods. I was then diagnosed with several rare congenital disorders. I couldn’t find a low-risk, tolerable way to control my
Among legislation Pennsylvania lawmakers will consider when they return to Harrisburg for voting sessions after an absence of more than two months is regulation of a plant-based substance that can produce opioid- and stimulant-like effects. Although kratom and kratom-based products are legal and accessible in many
In recent years, kratom’s popularity in the US has skyrocketed. Despite being legal in most of the nation, herbal medication has received many positive and negative reactions. Kratom has been sought as a natural alternative to pharmaceutical opioids by those with opioid use disorder, chronic pain,
In Indonesia, especially in Borneo, it grows a special plant named Kratom. The leaves of this plant, for hundreds of years were consumed by the Dayak people. These kratom leaves have a number of special properties. Nowadays kratom is cultivated, and even exported, and becomes a beverage
