A friend of mine recently weened himself off suboxone using kratom and he couldn't be happier.
But, as usual, BIG PHARMA wants to put an end to any use of UNAPPROVED treatments
>we lobbied congress to outlaw the cure
EXACTLY!
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Back in the 1940's, Thailand's booming opium market, renewed the worker's interest in the ancient use of Kratom. The cultural re interest in this old folk medicine, which had swept the nation, and was accompanied by little to no adverse reactions or hospital visits of any kind (unlike opium), was now seen as a threat to the massive amounts of cash bring brought in because of the opium trade. Kratom was one of the “low hanging” fruits, and and easy target:
A member of the House of Representatives from Lampang in a special meeting on 7 January 1943 (Police Major General Pin Amornwisaisoradej) said this: “Taxes for opium are high while kratom is currently not being taxed. With the increase of those taxes, people are starting to use kratom instead and this has had a visible impact on our government’s income.” An act was passed called “The Kratom Act”, which criminalized Kratom.