The #Kratom Saga — Who Shall Own the #Healing Herbs?

Originally posted August 27, 2014 By Paul Kemp Is Prohibition About to Be Repeated? Kratom is the poster-child for so many things that are going wrong today, in America. Kratom — Mitragyna speciosa — is merely the leaf of a tree, in the same family as the coffee...

Experts Speak Out on Benefits of #Kratom: Why it Would be a Mistake to Ban It

September 08, 2015 09:53 AM ET WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Botanical Legal Defense (BLD), an educational and advocacy group focused on promoting and protecting the medicinal and therapeutic benefits of natural plants and herbal supplements, is concerned...

News Mistakes #Heroin Epidemic for #Kratom One. Get the Facts about #MitragynaSpeciosa.

 The NY Times and USA Today published articles that condemn Kratom, an all natural medicinal plant, under the regard that its addictive and “causes effects like heroin.” In their articles they do not cite scientific fact or ANY evidence showing Kratom has any short or...

Thoughtful & Informative Article on Kratom – A MUST Read

By Paul Kemp   Kratom may be one of many beneficiaries of the deadly Ebola epidemic, that is only now beginning. Ebola is going to be the “acid test” of the pharmaceutical monopoly’s control over how medicine is practiced in North America. How Kratom May Benefit...