S5 E42 - Ascension Parish Louisiana August 4th Meeting On Potential Kratom Ban

Today we go over the primary takeaways and listen to some key testimonies from the August 4th hearing in Ascension Parish, Louisiana regarding a potential ban on kratom. (*Sources in this episode can be found below.)

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVu9KHZNjjA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVu9KHZNjjA

Lifehouse, Former addict - okay with ban. Some people use it responsibly, others don't. Because kids can get it, she would like the ban.

Mother of son who died of acute mytragynine poisoning.

Vendor of kratom - thinks it's fine but understands difficult job of the council.

Clate of Louisiana - addicted to opiates for 12 years. Got off of it. Bought kratom - one single pill of extract. Felt the exact same as one Percocet. Immediately addicted. Admits he has addictive personality. Staying at Lifehouse Wellness. Tested positive for fentanyl! "As god as my witness." WOW!

Former addict also tour in Afghanistan and had ptsd - Kept having pills pushed towards him. Stopped alcohol and pills. Kratom saved his life. Big pharma wants people stick in and out of rehab to exploit us. Actually not synthetic. Pharma pushes addictive synthetic drugs. These are the true synthetic heroin. "Kratom shouldn't be on trial... Big pharma should."

Collin Nickle, libertarian party - uses kratom. Its not dangerous. Tobacco alcohol will kill you. Its tyranny to outlaw things you disagree with.

Bobby, tobacco Vendor and kratom vendor - kratom debate is needed in Louisiana. Unadulterated kratom is not dangerous. Wife has terrible cist. Kratom helps. Bobby replaced coffee with kratom. Hemp CBD gummy which is legal made him very sick. Products exist like Coco loco that people can snort and it's legal.

James Martin, stay at Lifehouse Wellness center - bought it because it's just like kratom. The high lasts longer than heroin.

Carrie Veelore, mentor women at Lifehouse. Husband was clean for 2 years. Changed over two weeks. Acted exactly like he did on opiates. Spent $60,000 in one year. Detox was insane.

*** Jeffry Lorado, expert in addiction and mental health - worked at NIDA. there on behalf of AKA. "Urge you to take a leadership role on kratom like you said and.."

Matt Loono, works for Lifehouse - so many people say it ruined their life. He got addicted to opiates when they told him those weren't addictive. This is the same situation with kratom.

Carry Kimbro, using kratom for 9 years - was petroleum inspector for long hours. Started using for energy. Has been able to stop it many times.

Brian Loudream, father of son Daniel who died from acute kratom toxicity - gas station kratom.

Taylor Martin, mental health counselor - kratom has helped many of his patients. To those who say kratom shouldn't be a replacement "we can't help them if they're dead." LD50 5 pounds of kratom to have a 50% chance of dying. If banned, same thing as spice will pop up.

Arron, works at Lifehouse - dumb bitch

Sodd Tooyeah Sherrif Dept - he didn't even realize he made an argument for a KCPA