Source: Miami Herald
Excerpt:
For years, I tried to figure out how to function with chronic pain. Painkillers left me foggy and miserable. Seven-OH (7-OH or 7-hydroxymitragynine), which is made from the kratom plant and is used by many people to help with chronic pain, lets me feel like myself again.
In August, though, Florida called 7-OH products a public health “emergency” and pulled them from the shelves. There’s no evidence to justify this ban and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier hasn’t offered any. To date, the FDA has not attributed any deaths to 7-OH alone. Meanwhile, far more dangerous products, like “Feel Free,” are totally unregulated and readily available at gas stations. This doesn’t make sense.
The state took away the one option for pain and anxiety that actually works for me and thousands of others across Florida. Why?
If it really is about safety, then the attorney general should show us how 7-OH is dangerous. Pushing a ban without evidence of harm is not keeping anyone safe. All it’s doing is taking away my chance to live normally. I ask the attorney general to please reverse this order.
Jeanie Cartermurch, St. Cloud