Yesterday, I think I saved a life and possibly two lives.
Whenever I need help with odd jobs, particularly lawn maintenance, I call on this couple who are honest hard working salt of the earth characters. While conversing with them while helping to build a back gate, I mentioned that they were far better than my previous guy who stole my tramadol which was proscribed to me for pain after a tooth removal. Fortunately for me I was 4 days in before it was stolen, most of the pain was gone, and FDR repealed prohibition in 1933.
Turns out my helpers were struggling with various addictions to opioids, the latest being an addiction to tramadol. Now, while I was taking tramadol, I immediately associated the same feeling with Kratom as they are both mu-opioid agonists, so an addiction to tramadol was almost beyond my comprehension.
I have some default behaviors among which are when a person is in distress, first is to shut up and listen to their story and second is to help them with whatever is the cause of their distress if at all possible.
After hearing their story of woe which deeply affected me (I lost my wife of 22 years largely due to her own opioid addiction) I was reminded that I had a half kilo of Maeng Da (aka - pimp grade) Kratom from MMMSpeciosa out of Austin.
I had little use for it at the time so i gave it to her and her husband. Well the next day she returned informing me that she was relieved of her hip pain which had lasted for two weeks and any craving for tramadol was completely gone.
My daughter refers to me as a walking Erowid and in that guise I suppose I should inform all of my audience about the basics as I did my suffering associates:
The potential for addiction, while far milder than any other opioid, does exist and has been documented. I recommend not dosing any more often than four days apart.
Raw Kratom is very bitter and can induce nausea (it is not in the same ballpark as raw Peyote or the king of vomit, aka Ayhuasca), I suggest Cannabis and ginger tea as counteractants.
Forget anything you ever heard about dieting. Kratom means absolutely no hunger whatsoever for 12 hours.
For full effect one should take Kratom on an empty stomach, I recommend at least 2 hours after eating.
One effect of Kratom is you get speeded up a bit but it is far from crystal meth. As a member of the coffee family, Kratom is like a pot of coffee or several Red Bull's.
Perhaps the strangest effect of Kratom is at the normal dose of 3-5 grams there is absolutely no impairment whatsoever despite that general feeling of well-being and mild euphoria. I would not drink much and drive for obvious reasons, nor do I feel at all comfortable with driving under the influence of marijuana, so that don't happen. Kratom on the other hand - not a consideration.
Should you (which In seriously doubt considering what this place is) or anyone you know (far more likely) be suffering from opioid addiction, your first go-to wonder plant is cannabis, the plant that is the opposite of revenge because unlike the emotion of revenge which as my father said, is the emotion that promises the most and delivers the least, Trinidad's finest promises the least and delivers the most.
I strongly support using cannabis as the first line of defense against opioid addiction due to its extremely low potential for abuse. That being said there is a backup in the case of more serious conditions, the name of this backup is Kratom. Both are among the greatest of God's blessings if used in moderation as Aristotle advised.
I do not know if this advice is as of much use to our friends in other nations since they actually value their citizens {rant} unlike the pure evil Republicans which are flat out traitors to any concept of intelligence, decency, or humanity itself. I assure you that both my daughter and myself are doing everything in our power to permanently rid this planet of this bacterial infection. The abuse all of us within the borders of the USA endure is the primary cause of the opiod crisis in the USA.
I will be retired within 60 days and I will be leaving this redneck hellhole forever because I need the regeneration New Mexico provides. {/rant}
That being said I live on accordance with what Jesus said in the Bible. it is my commission to feed the hungry, lift people out of poverty,and of course heal the sick. Opioid addiction is absolutely an illness to be cured and should never be considered within the purview of the criminal justice system.
I said my piece. Now I would like to hear from our tremendously intelligent members about any other possible ways to alleviate the pain of opioid addiction. As people within the borders of the USA we are subjected to in this now abusive environment we all live in thanks to the demented Donald Trump and the cowardly and traitorous Republican Party. Everyone here hurts and opioids are too easily used as a temporary solution. Unfortunately, such a behavior eventually comes at the cost of losing your soul.
Please help in any way you can, too many are suffering too much.
{ABE} For the moment Kratom is legal in the USA except in the following: Arkansas (which my grandfather left for Arizona in 1913 and eventually California in 1922 - Thank you so much grandad), The worst state in the USA - Alabama - home of Beelzebub aka Jeff Sessions, Tennessee - common', people it is beautiful, please honor God by doing God's work, Kentucky - home of the Ark Museum which pretty much sums up that situation, Indiana - UGLY, and Wisconsin - please get rid of your mouth breathing governor as he makes your state appear as stupid as he looks).{ABE}
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