Kratom Popularity Continues To Grow As Scheduling Looms

One popular plant that continues to see a growing popularity is kratom. While kratom has been around for a long time, it's still relatively new here in the U.S. However, thanks to its growing fan base and advocates, it seems like everyone is talking about kratom.

When all is said and done, there's one core reason behind its popularity, "it's changing lives."

Over the last few years, I've met hundreds of men and women that take kratom. While there's a number of different reasons why, all of them take kratom because it helps. Many of them have switched to kratom versus taking opioids. Pain relief is one of the key benefits that kratom is scientifically known to help with.

Thanks to the efforts of the American Kratom Association and other advocates, we're learning more about kratom than ever before. Even with the research, the FDA says there's no benefits to kratom. Yet, you have a mass of the population that says otherwise.

Who's right?

A lot of people think the FDA's decision is "political."

If they do have special interest, what are they?

Are they benefiting off the opioid crisis? Are they upset because they're not benefiting from kratom?

The DEA is trying to ban kratom and of course, the FDA is with them every step of the way.

They claim kratom is addictive, so is PS4, alcohol, cigarets, and sex.

A lot of the bad rep behind kratom is due to the fact that they say kratom has opiate-like effects. Yeah, because kratom interacts with your pain receptors like pain pills do. However, it's no where near the same level, meaning kratom does not have the same effects as taking morphine, oxycontin and other strong opioids.

Only time will tell if kratom gets a fair shake or not. On the positive side, kratom has growing momentum and popularity.