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Did I just bring a bag of a schedule I narcotic to the KCPA House Committee hearing???
Yes.
To prove a point!
1) They’re not arresting people for it in RI (REVERSE THE BAN!)
2) That nobody on that committee would feel right if I didn’t go home to my family over dried leaves!
*NEW KRATOM ARREST IN
#ARKANSAS
West Memphis, AR: Woman recently arrested on felony possession with intent to deliver & sale.
Allegedly purchased from a local store. Awaiting more details.
If you’re a cop arresting people and destroying families OVER PLANTS
- YOU ARE A COWARD.
You really can’t make this shit up!
#Minnesota
State Senator, John Jasinski who argued that keeping drug sniffing dogs employed was a good reason to continue the war on peaceful, innocent families who possess cannabis going was RECENTLY ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING!!!
Minnesota State Sen. John Jasinski (R) argues against legalizing marijuana because it will result in early retirement for drug-sniffing dogs: "The police dog discussion ... that's a big issue."
By FDA standards sugar would be schedule I. For some reason sugar gets a free pass.
The war on drugs is an udder failure! Stop the use of votive and deadly force against peaceful consumers who’ve harmed nobody. Abolish the controlled substances act. Decriminalize all drugs
The most active substance in Lucky Charms is sugar. Over-consumption of sugar causes diabetes, the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths per year. Sugar has no medical benefit, is sold in supermarkets and gas stations and to children. Why aren't parents' groups screaming for a ban?
UPDATE: On behalf of Shaina Brown, our group, Botanical Action Network has entered into a contractual agreement w/ THE BEST CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN ALABAMA! HE HAS AGREED TO HELP FREE SHAINA BROWN, GET HER THE JUSTICE SHE DESERVES AND TO FIGHT THE BAD KRATOM LAW IN AL!
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The
#RhodeIsland
House of Representatives voted 39-26 on Monday to legalize and regulate the sale of kratom, a herbal substance that state health officials previously banned.
We all want to be left in peace.
Leave our families,
our children,
our parents,
our seniors.
Leave us in peace.
Leave us and return to where you came from.
Kratom is freedom.
Grandma drinking tea doesn't warrant deadly force and CPS.
Turn around and leave us in peace.
If you’re advocating for kratom to be “banned,” you’re not simply “shining a light” on alleged kratom deaths
YOU’RE THREATENING OUR INNOCENT FAMILIES & CHILDREN W DEADLY FORCE IF WE DON’T COMPLY W YOUR LUDICROUS DEMANDS OF REMOVING A CERTAIN TEA FROM OUR HOMES.
YOU’RE NOT GOOD.
We’re quitting the worst drug for 90 days.
We’re embarking on 90 days sugar free at my home.
We’re going to wean down over the next few days. Then cold turkey!
Wish us luck!
We’ve received word, Shaina’s been picked up from Conecuh Co jail and has been brought back to court in Brewton. She, nor we have any idea what this court date is for. The request for new bail hearing only went out yesterday.
We’ll update as soon we know more
#FreeShainaBrown
DON"T TAKE KRATOM!
DO TAKE KRATOM.
I DON'T REALLY CARE!
WHAT I DO CARE ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND MY FAMILY - AND ALL THE OTHER GOOD PEOPLE, AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO BENEFIT FROM KRATOM.
WE MUST
PRESERVE THE RIGHT
TO BE ABLE TO
POSSESS,
TRADE
& DRINK TEA.
IN PEACE.
WELCOME HOME SHAINA!
It’s been a long road since April when Shaina was locked up Escambia Co. AL Sheriffs on FELONY NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING OF DRIED TEA LEAVES!
It’s such a relief to finally
#FreedShainaBrown
, yet the case remains the same
MAJOR VICTORY, BUT WE’RE NOT DONE YET!
I wanted to thank everyone for the love, support and encouragement on my testimony for the Rhode Island KCPA hearing! It means the world to me!
Looking forward to our Kratom Roundtable and especially our Advocacy Mastermind WEDNESDAY!
I’ll be sharing takeaways from the hearing!
New Episode! E11 - Special Guest, Brave Botanicals Owner/ Operator, John Bush! This episode also features the latest in kratom legality w/ an exclusive interview w
@HaddowMac
of the
@TheKratomAssn
& an anonymous advocate from Mississippi!
#keepkratomlegal
@njassemblydems
What's going on here? Why is this being blamed on kratom according to his autopsy, CJ died of:
“Mixed drug intoxication including mitragynine”
As well as:
-Hypertensive cardiovascular disease
-"Borderline" diabetes
-Amphetamine
-Buproprion
-Diphenhydramine
-Meprobamate
Bad news! New “trafficking” kratom arrest in Cleburne Alabama!
(TRAFFICKING SCHEDULE I NARCOTICS, PUNISHABLE OF 10YRS TO LIFE IN PRISON!)
We’re told the victim is a family man who has been arrested with 2 $40 bags he bought in GA.
More info to come.
(KDA DESTROYS FAMILIES)
Nobody can tell me otherwise:
IF YOU DESTROY FAMILIES DUE TO SOMEBODY POSSESSING “ILLEGAL” TEA POWDER
NO MATTER WHAT YOU’RE EXCUSE IS
- Just doing my job
- I have a family and can’t get fired
- I don’t write the laws
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR EXCUSE IS,
YOU’RE
A
FUCKING
SCUMBAG.
I received some deeply sad & disturbing news about a fellow kratom consumer earlier today.
I’m not a liberty to divulge any more information at this time. As soon as I’m able I’ll fill everybody in
The drug war is not a war on drugs.
It’s a war on people.
That needs to stop.
I have a real hard time to think how hard I’ve worked to free myself from the hells of addiction, being stuck in MAT “recovery” - to become a present, loving & caring husband & father - somebody would threaten mine, my family’s & all consumer families due to possessing tea powder
"The only way to overdose is from injecting, snorting, or some other way of ingesting it,"
@RyanMarino
, the medical director of toxicology at University Hospitals in Cleveland, told The New York Times. "You cannot overdose from secondhand contact."
#Alabama
: Atmore woman has been arrested & charged with trafficking Kratom. HELD ON $1 MILLION BOND!
Think about how many scumbags there are along the way that are aiding and abetting in this absurd abuse!
WHAT TYPE OF PERSON DESTROYS LIVES OVER TEA?!
@mgraps
How is kratom being schedule I a good thing?
100k fent deaths/yr VERY ILLEGAL
Ppl who drink kratom are simply consumers, not patients. Referring to what patients?
“Big win for public health,,”
Historical data on prohibitions create more safety?
Corrections impact statement?
Under oath, the FDA can’t say kratom is dangerous.
FDA finally does study to finally prove kratom is dangerous:
✅ No significant adverse events were observed even at very high doses.
✅ The data showed no significant safety concerns in the ascending dose study on kratom use
FDA completes a kratom “dose finding study” on humans where no significant adverse events were observed even at very high doses. The FDA acknowledged the data showed no significant safety concerns in the ascending dose study on kratom use
Would it surprise anybody that Representative Michelle McGaw, who appeared at the RI KCPA Hearing to be the main proponent of the continued criminalization of kratom in Rhode Island - UNDER THE HARSHEST SCHEDULING PENALTIES - SCHEDULE I,
WORKS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY?!
I wanted to thank everyone for the love, support and encouragement on my testimony for the Rhode Island KCPA hearing! It means the world to me!
Looking forward to our Kratom Roundtable and especially our Advocacy Mastermind WEDNESDAY!
I’ll be sharing takeaways from the hearing!
A bunch of people who’ve never drank kratom tea and who’ve never been to jail or prison wants to send you to jails & prisons for drinking kratom tea.
Imagine being so diluted, selfish & privileged you make it your life mission to split up & decimate loving families
OVER LEAVES!
How you know you’re winning an argument against anti-kratom zealots?
When they resort to name calling & bullying.
I’ve experienced and witnessed it many times when they’re unable to have rational discussion, they’ll resort to calling anybody who utilizes kratom as an “addict.”
The people that say kratom is bad are usually 1 of 2 people:
- Have never tried kratom.
- Has extensive (previous) addiction issues, then tried kratom, went off the deep-end with extracts (quite possible counterfeit or inferior products).
I feel sorry for the mom. My condolences, but WTF is going on here?!
TELL THE TRUTH THAT WE ALL KNOW!
THE FACTS ARE AS PLAIN AS DAY - HE DID NOT DIE FROM SOLELY TAKING KRATOM.
STOP BLAMING AND DEMONIZING A TEA LEAF THAT IS HELPING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!
Kratom has been linked to severe health risks and tragic losses. This week, bill A3797, "CJ's Law," passed the Assembly State and Local Government Committee. This legislation intends to criminalize the manufacture, possession, and sale of products containing
#kratom
.
Do we “deserve” to have safe access to all plants. Yes.
Do we deserve to have our rights violated, while not harming anybody, under the guise of enforcing plant crime laws? NO.
@Noah42442040
@abolishthedea
We do deserve access to all plants. Policing powers are supposed to be derived from the citizens.
No individual can delegate powers not inherently owned. I.E. individual using deadly force against a peaceful person over plants. Therefore that violent power may not be delegated
#FreeShainaBrown
has been imprisoned in Escambia County, AL custody since April 1, FACING MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 10-LIFE FOR LEAVES!
Nobody should be in jail for plants. This is out of control and all those involved are culpable in these crimes & rights violations against Shaina
I don’t know what to tell you if you’re so much of a coward that you need hide your identity and attempt to bully strangers online due to them wanting to drink a tea that helps them. We want to just be left alone - without the threat of bodily injury,assault, extortion,kidnapping
Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY that wants to throw people in hell hole jails, destroy families, separate innocent children from loving homes, turning them into wards of the state OVER PLANTS are fucking lunatics and they’re the ones that need serious help.
It’s literally crazy to..
How KDA wants your family to spend the holidays once they’ve had their way passed all of the violent bans and have completed their mission ridding the country of all of the kratom woes:
(To protect the children of course!)
KRATOM IS THE ANSWER!
“McCurdy’s research to date suggests kratom could help curb the opioid epidemic and manage pain and has other potential applications yet unexplored.”
“Legitimate users are fighting to keep kratom legal; it’s revolutionary for them.”
#Arkansas
, Attorney W Whit Hyman: Scott Cook spent 8 months in jail for MORINGA -
the cops claimed was kratom!
Sending people to hell holes for plants is wrong.
The enforcement of victimless plant crimes destroy innocent families & communities for generations to come.
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Kratom is a plant (leaf powder, extract, food, drinks, etc)
It cannot jump off the shelf & force somebody to take it!
If somebody is blaming kratom for THEIR ADDICTION, THEY'VE USED ➡️ OVERUSED ➡️ ABUSED
IT'S A PERSONAL PROBLEM!
Responsibility & accountability goes a long way
Check out Trish, the mom of “CJ” pushing criminalizing all New Jersey kratom consumers and their families through A3797 - recently enjoying some drugs on a night out for Carol’s birthday 🎉 🥂
Per CDC: “About 178,000 people die from excessive alcohol use in the U.S. each year.
I feel sorry for the mom. My condolences, but WTF is going on here?!
TELL THE TRUTH THAT WE ALL KNOW!
THE FACTS ARE AS PLAIN AS DAY - HE DID NOT DIE FROM SOLELY TAKING KRATOM.
STOP BLAMING AND DEMONIZING A TEA LEAF THAT IS HELPING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!
BREAKING:
#LOUISIANA
Senator Kleinpeter has amended SB94 KRATOM CRIMINALIZATION BILL TO SIMPLE KCPA REGULATION
Great step forward away from increased tyranny in Louisiana!
SENATOR KLEINPETER SAID WHAT CHANGED HIS MIND WAS ALL OF THE PERSONAL TESTIMONIES - ESPECIALLY IN-PERSON
Kratom works really well for me.
Better than any pain medication or suboxone ever did.
I’m clearheaded, focused, reduced pain
I’m not hurting anyone and
simply want to be left alone.
Why do you and your son warrant peace & consideration,
while me and my son warrant violence?
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I used to be a hopeless IV addict.
Now the CRAZIEST thing I do is like a shilajit, kratom & espresso stack!
It’s so crazy to me
there’s anti-kratom
PSYCHOS & ZEALOTS
*BEING LED BY A LARCENY FELON*
that’d rather we be
WRITHING IN PAIN
OR IN JAIL,
than sip TEA and
be LEFT ALONE!
We've received word, Shaina's been moved to solitary confinement and has no access to communication
We've spoken to the jail and have few details at this time
We are lead to believe Shaina is currently not injured
She is alone, scared AND DOESN'T DESERVE THIS
#FreeShainaBrown
Going to jail for any length of time is a life threatening situation.
You have a good chance of not coming out alive.
100% chance you will traumatized for life due to what you will have seen and experienced while in jail.
100% your entire life will be ruined
OVER PLANTS?!
More than 8,000 convicted people and suspects will be cleared of legal charges when kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is removed from the narcotics list on Aug 24, Office of Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkol said on Tuesday.
There’s seems to be more and more anti-kratom zealots making noise. First off they reek of sock puppet accts.
I couldn’t imagine devoting my life to being AGAINST something. Especially life-saving kratom that millions are benefiting from
My question is WHAT’S THEIR ALTERNATIVE?
The people that “need” suboxone to stop kratom simply are unable to taper and “need” to have somebody else tell them what to do.
That’s ok, some people need that type of restricts to help them get off substances THEY’VE BEEN ABUSING. Don’t try to blame tea for your shortcomings
@mgraps
Wouldn’t you want patients to have safe access to less harmful option opposed to proven harmful & deadly pharma poisons. Would that be a conflict of interests for your paid pharma lobbying?
Do you really think it’s better in criminal market- no labeling,strength, buyer recourse?
Oh, you don't like kratom?
You want it "banned?"
So you want police to kill the peaceful people consuming kratom, and just want to be left alone?
YOU ADVOCATE VIOLENCE.
OH NO - YOU WON'T DO THE VIOLENCE
YOU WOULDN'T DREAM OF DOING THAT
YOU MAKE COPS COMMIT THE VIOLENCE FOR YOU
RI hearing done. It seemed like it went really! The committee was very receptive. I have a few videos I’ll be posting tomorrow along w my IG &
@reallymikeo
TikTok account. Then once RI has the hearing live I’ll grab it and post as well.
(BTW: we killed it!)
Thanks
@HaddowMac
🚨 BREAKING❕🚨
DEA AGREES TO RECLASSIFY CANNABIS AS SCHEDULE III‼️
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has made a historic decision—agreeing with the top federal health agency and moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Heard somebody blame kratom for
HIM SPENDING $60/DAY ON EXTRACTS
NO BRO, KRATOM DIDN'T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING!
YOU WERE AN ADDICT WAY BEFORE YOU STARTED ABUSING KRATOM EXTRACTS!
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE WITHDRAWS? HOW LONG?
YOU
KEPT DOING IT!
YOU
REFUSED TO TAPER!
@HaddowMac
Great news! At the same time a minor victory over unelected international bureaucrats that are “continuing surveillance.” FDA recommendation of an international review should’ve never happened. Glad it’s done, but at least now there’s more scientific docs & testimonials recorded
Scheduling/ ban/
Whatever you call it
EQUALS MURDER
If you advocate for any of the above you’re advocating for the murder of peaceful people, who’ve harmed nobody, want to be left alone, bc we drink tea
The least you could do is organize ur own gang instead of farming it out
The active NJ kratom consumer criminalization bill, “CJ’s law” is a shining example of why we question everything when it comes down to it!
Why exactly not listen to the advocates consuming for years and attributing kratom to saving their lives?
Things you can’t ask for 1/🧵
The active NJ bill, that would CRIMINALIZE ALL NJ KRATOM CONSUMERS - BAN BILL entitled “CJ’s Law,” sponsored & pushed through by
@njassemblydems
, is named after Christopher Halowach who at the time of death had 13 SUBSTANCES FOUND IN HIS SYSTEM.
INCLUDING FENTANYL & AMPHETAMINES
Shaina is completely overwhelmed by all of the support and transition - 9 MONTHS IN JAIL! She hasn’t had internet this whole time and w everything recorded on any jail communication.. she’s just finding out about how many people know and care about her case!
#FreedShainaBrown
Nice quotes, Dr.
@MarcSwogger
:
“When millions of people say they’re using kratom, and it’s helping them w/ conditions that are really difficult to help people with, we have to listen.. I’m not convinced that a single death has been the result of kratom.”
Kratom didn’t “do” anything to you.
Kratom sits on the shelf, can’t “do” anything to you unless you use, overuse or abuse it.
That’s all you.
Take personal responsibility.
Stop trying to enforce your violent belief system on us who utilize kratom as lifesaving plant medicine
MARSHALL PRICE WAS MURDERED IN A JAIL THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IN FOR TEA LEAVES!
HE WAS AN INNOCENT MAN - HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THAT JAIL.
THIS BS STORY CONCOCTED BY CORRUPT COPS & PROSECUTORS DIRECTLY CONFLICT W INMATE IMMEDIATE REPORTS!
Marshall Price, the Arkansas man serving the beginning of a 10 year sentence for tea died in Greene County Sheriff’s Jail custody. Investigation is ongoing
The anti-kratom people say they’re not advocating violence against us, but this is the result
#JusticeForMarshallPrice
Kratom is not opiate nor an opioid! Kratom is an evergreen botanical native to Southeast Asia in the same plant family as coffee. (*Bias partial agonist). Joined by
@HaddowMac
, Senior Fellow on Public Policy of the
@TheKratomAssn
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#TikTok
⤵️
My thoughts on when I hear somebody say that a family member died from kratom:
We should be working together to uncover the truth!
If you or somebody you know think a loved one has died from kratom/ mitragynine toxicity please get in touch!
We want to help (617) 917-5242
*VIDEO* THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE WORLD TO SEE WHO KILLED MARSHALL PRICE!
GREENE CO. CORRECTIONS OFFICER, JAMIE FLOYD & BAILEY CROCKER
@Turn_Key_Health
LET MARSHALL PRICE DIE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM!
THE WORLD WILL KNOW HIS NAME
#JUSTICEFORMARSHALLPRICE
We’re hearing there’s recently been another FELONY TRAFFICKING OF SCHEDULE I NARCOTIC kratom arrest in Brewton, AL.
This is the same Escambia County, where
#FreeShainaBrown
has been held captive since April 1 on similar charges.
“trafficking” of dried leaves:
Man. Min: 10-LIFE
New lawsuit filing against Mit45, which many are calling frivolous, have included 3.5 pages of anonymous Reddit posts from r/quittingkratom UNDER THE HEADING:
“FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS - BACKGROUND AND PHARMACOLOGY OF KRATOM” 🤦🏻♂️🤯
Kratom has to be one of the most helpful plant medicine I’ve ever taken, along w cannabis
Kratom is probably one of the worst substances to try and get high off of. Being a bias partial agonist and all. Take too much and get nauseas
It’s not for everybody
LIFESAVER TO MANY!
I don’t think kratom advocates & consumers realize just how scary it is that “FDA said” has gone from news reports & over zealous legislators to now cascading to multiple lawsuits that rely on “FDA said” while providing no scientific data & research to sue individuals & companies
I hold this crazy notion that don't hit, don't steal, treat others the way you want to be treated applies to everyone. Even if you possess plants & substances that the politicians and their enforcers don't like. If you haven't harmed anyone, no harm should be brought upon you.
KATHY, WE CAN HELP YOU TO GET THE HELP YOU NEED!
PLEASE REACH OUT!
Many people have successfully gotten off really nasty drugs, like poisonous alcohol w/ the help of things like kratom, medical cannabis and healthier lifestyle
YOU CAN DO IT!
1ST STEP IS ADMITTING YOUR PROBLEM
THIS JUST IN:
CBD & KRATOM - together! 👍🏻😁😎
"The results demonstrated that when kratom is dosed concomitantly with cannabidiol, the systemic exposure of the psychoactive compounds found in kratom is increased,"
Imagine thinking using deadly force against peaceful grandparents drinking tea in their own homes while harming nobody is a great way to keep everybody safe?
Interesting turn of events!
Kelly Dunn of Urban Ice Botanicals posted he’s one of the largest distributors of Feel Free in the US and is in support of Botanic Tonics LLC. He said that there’s lots of rumors circulating by the FDA, no products were seized and BT is fighting back
WE JUST RECEIVED WORD,
SHAINA BROWN HAS POSTED BAIL!!
I haven’t spoken to her, and I tried her chirp “jail phone” with no response!
We still have a long uphill battle to go in our fight for justice for Shaina, but at least she’s out of that hell for now!
I advocate for peaceful resolutions.
Kratom brings peace to my family.
In the pursuit of happiness AND to be secure in our homes, persons, papers and effects, we must be left in peace.
We do not condone violence.
Why is it acceptable to violate our families over tea leaves?
Good afternoon!
Kratom saves lives.
There’s something seriously wrong w the ppl who advocate & lobby for innocent people to go to jail & families destroyed for tea leaves.
Even worse are the unquestioning law enforcers, prosecutors & judges who carry out these unethical edicts
I often think about the friends and people I’ve known along the way that are no longer here. Gone to lethal overdoses
What if they had known -
HOW WELL
KRATOM & CANNABIS
WORKS FOR
ADDICTION TREATMENT &
WITHDRAWALS?
I wish I had known earlier.
I wish they had known earlier.
Kratom is better for me than poisonous suboxone ever was. Kratom saves lives.
Who is anybody to take that away from myself & my family?
Why do our lives not matter to anti-kratom?
Why do you get to choose what’s best for the millions of consumers & their families that benefit?