Jonathan Roseland·Oct 31The Promising State of Kratom ScienceOnce upon a time, I published a meta-analysis video about Kratom and, funnily enough, it made the internet more angry at me than anything…
Andrew Turner·Oct 18What’s Behind the Rise in Kratom-Related Calls?The increase is real. So are the risks. But poison-center data cannot tell us what was in every product or why people turned to kratom in…A response icon1A response icon1
Andrew Turner·Oct 16Who Actually Makes Money When Kratom and Related Products Get Banned?Prohibition doesn’t necessarily eliminate demand. Sometimes it changes who gets paid, who takes the risks, and who gets left behind.A response icon1A response icon1
Andrew Turner·Oct 6“Kratom” Doesn’t Tell You What’s in the Bottle AnymoreWe keep using one word for radically different products, and then wonder why consumers, journalists, lawmakers, and even researchers are…A response icon1A response icon1
Andrew Turner·Oct 5What Would Good Kratom Regulation Actually Look Like?After a decade of arguments over bans, maybe it is time to talk about what a responsible legal market would actually require
Andrew Turner·Oct 2#IAMKratomI Never Planned to Become a Kratom Advocate. I Was Just Trying to Get My Life Back.A response icon1A response icon1
Andrew Turner·Sep 30Traditional Kratom Use Matters. But It Is Not a Safety Study of Modern American Kratom.Centuries of traditional use offer valuable evidence, but modern products raise different safety questions.
Andrew Turner·Sep 29First Came the Kratom Headlines. Then Came the Facts.The Ole Miss deaths show what happens when the media treats lab made kratom derivatives, traditional leaf, and an unconfirmed cause of…
InBeingWellbyDr. Patricia Farrell·Sep 24Kratom Is Sold as a Natural Fix. Doctors Say the Truth Is More ComplicatedCalls to poison centers about kratom rose from 258 a year to 3,434 in a decade. Here’s what the research says about the risks and the…A response icon1A response icon1
Andrew Turner·Sep 10Congress Asked the DEA Not to Ban Kratom. Then It Wasted the Next Ten Years.Ten years after advocates gathered in Washington to stop a kratom ban, Congress still hasn’t built the regulatory system consumers needed.
