Former Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir says former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's support for a ban was based on "embarrassingly poor evidence."
"No reliable evidence to support the use of kratom as a treatment for opioid use disorder and significant safety issues exist."
So much for "everything which is not forbidden is allowed."
Yet the DEA wants to ban it.
The DEA moves toward a ban on another plant with promising medical properties.
Killer weed redux, pimple-faced potheads, vapin' in the boys room, Halloween high horror, and a crazy kratom crackdown