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p14y80y


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Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug?
#19034513 - 10/26/13 08:05 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.jrn.com/kivitv/news/Kratom-Craze-is-it-a-miracle-herb-or-a-designer-drug-229272451.html
Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug?
KIVI Staff
CREATED Oct. 25, 2013 Some call Kratom the new miracle drug. Local retailers are cashing in, touting Kratom as a way to fight fatigue, pain, even an antidote for opiate and heroin addiction. But is this a miracle herb or a designer drug? Tara Martin is On Your Side with an investigation into the "Kratom Craze."
Kratom sales are rising to the tune of a half-million dollars this year alone. 80,000 Kratom capsules are sold right here by 40 stores in the Treasure Valley every month.
Across the United States Kratom success stories just like Julie Christo's continue to flood in; however, not everyone is as enthusiastic about the herb. Several online articles are targeting Kratom as a health risk, warning about severe side effects, addiction and some even comparing the natural herb to synthetic drugs. The DEA has it on their watch list.
So the question remains: Is Kratom really safe?
Mark Johnston of the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy says, “The FDA’s mechanism to protect public safety is really after the fact. They’ll withdraw a product from the market if they see safety or efficacy issues. So one can assume, because the product is on the market, that is safe and effective…”
There have been no reported fatal overdoses from Kratom. You must be over 18 to purchase it, and you should always consult a doctor before taking any new medication or supplement.
If you have an issue you'd like us to investigate, email us through our website or leave us a message at 381-6666.
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niteman

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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: p14y80y]
#19034558 - 10/26/13 08:24 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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So what was the point of them even writing an article on this? All they said is stores are selling a lot of kratom and it could have severe side effects and addiction. The title is equally as confusing. Why would someone consider kratom a designer drug? Seems like a basic inflammatory news report.
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Can-i-bus
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: niteman]
#19034792 - 10/26/13 09:37 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't get how a plant can be a designer drug
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Bikerfool
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: niteman]
#19034802 - 10/26/13 09:39 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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niteman said: Why would someone consider kratom a designer drug?
Exactly. It's less like a designer drug than most of the processed crap Americans are eating.
So much for an unbiased media these days. It's all sensationalism.
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: p14y80y]
#19035032 - 10/26/13 10:46 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, a plant is a designer drug. Fucking good one.
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: Society] 4
#19035170 - 10/26/13 11:18 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I emailed them a nasty one
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niteman

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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: tripp23]
#19035267 - 10/26/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Good they probably have monkeys running the computers though lol
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: niteman]
#19036055 - 10/26/13 02:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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stupid article. Looks like lobby-ism from the kratom industry. Either it is designer drug (which we know it is not), or it is miracle drug (which is more likely since it is obvious it is not a designer drug). Anyway...after using it too much for a period of time:
Positive: you have flue you can take it since it improves the immune system, reduces cough, and clear up. Flue just go away. Second you become calm, energetic and relaxed, it some strains are more psyco active, there is some opioid...
Negative: i tried playing squash today. i lost. for some reason it fucks with your endurance. So if it fucks with your endurance, it should mean that it does something bad to u as well....basically it is a drug that u should not take everyday...Several times this has happened to me lately...Everything is fine, a lot of sleep, normal food, normal stress, etc...but get exhausted too early and too much from physical exercise...if anyone can give input about this i would appreciate it.
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Camwritesgonzo
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: niteman]
#19036181 - 10/26/13 03:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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niteman said: Good they probably have monkeys running the computers though lol
More like pigs
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: Camwritesgonzo]
#19057417 - 10/30/13 12:35 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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God fucking dammit. This ignorant dramatization by the media of a simple issue is the same way Salvia got banned from sale in head shops in my state. The ignorant masses slurping up the hysteria drummed up by local media outlets about a "new" (though its been around for decades) way to get "high". Soccer moms go nuts, politicians see a whipping boy to drum up support, and another natural substance gets banned.
All reported by reporters who will go to the bar and get wasted after the news airs.
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Re: Kratom Craze: is it a miracle herb or a designer drug? [Re: p14y80y]
#19067568 - 11/01/13 01:14 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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" Several online articles are targeting Kratom as a health risk, warning about severe side effects, "
Pft. Stupid motherfuckers are gonna get kratom banned too. Fuck, we can't have anything, can we? I hope these fuckers burn.
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