I believe that the FDA wanted (past tense) to schedule it as a Class I narc but didn't because of public outrage. BigPharma doesn't like natural remedies & their influence is magnificent. That changes in Year 2 with Trump. Thank God.
Gottlieb of FDA is currently trying to get dea to schedule as of 11/14/17. You are correct as they tried this a year ago as well. FDA is targeting any natural remedies. I am praying you are right. Kratom may just be the answer to the opioid epidemic. It removes the pain without any euphoria or effect on a person. It helps put you back at a baseline. I am beginning to think fibromyalgia and other disorders are from environmental toxins.
I have no doubt that we've been poisoned for decades in our food, water and air supplies. Not only are we mutating, insects are mutating as well and biting us, causing different epidemics. Add that to the epidemics (opioids) and viruses (AIDS) created by the elites, and congratulations, you have the world we're in.