Why the FDA Is Suppressing Kratom

Kratom received a hard slap on the hand recently to remind us all that those who sell kratom must play by the FDA’s confusing rules.

A very careful reading of the press release announcing the raid, which took what the U.S. Food & Drug Administration said was $5 million dollars worth of kratom off the market, could leave the average person scratching their head.

My quick scan of their Web site, immediately after the bust, found no claims that kratom was to be used for medicinal purposes at all. The site has now been taken down “for …read more