Kratom Is Helping This Heroin-User Break His 6-year Addiction
Despite the Trump administration’s recent push to solve an opioid crisis that’s now killing more people than AIDS did at its peak, the U.S. has come close to banning the leaves of a Southeast Asian tree that’s known to fight addiction.
The leaves, crushed to form a substance called Kratom, are available in the U.S. for just a dollar or two per dose. People in Southeast Asia have used it to treat opiate addiction for centuries.
But Kratom is also unregulated, often adulterated, and has been linked to several fatalities. A few states have made the substance illegal, and last year, the DEA considered a nationwide ban.
Risks aside, more and more Americans are turning to this barely understood drug to break their opioid habits.
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Some of my friends have been full on heroin addicts, and the cure - go cold turkey - it's not that bad - like a shitty case of the flue for 3 days and after that your OFF heroin.
But sorting your shit out - by working your way through your issues - that requires lots of hard work and for a long time and getting some GOOD QUALITY people on your support team...
And these fucking idiots that push this bullshit of curing a drug habit by taking different drugs.... WTF?
This idiot wants to have the problems that come with Heroin to stop, but he doesn't want to stop getting the perceived benefits of using....
It's like being 50 Kg over weight, and saying, "My Armani suit doesn't fit very well, I think I will change to a Pierre Cardin suit....."
Same crap - different packet.