PSCJR20250820 Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform Committee Meeting:
§ Quarterly reports, changes or updates that pertain to the offices of Public Safety
§ Banning the sale of Kratom in the City of Toledo
The FDA specifically stated they are not targeting natural kratom. Since that announcement, people's inability to listen has shined. Natural kratom isn't the problem. Semi synthetic 7OH is the issue they want addressed. Stop attacking natural kratom and read the scientific data that has been published for years about kratom and how kratom doesn't meet the criteria for this type of outrage. Listing to the people of Ohio who have and continue to show up to support kratom. Please don't ban kratom.
Please do not ban Kratom. The unadulterated Kratom has helped so many people including myself, I have degenerate disc disease, migraines and lower back pain. I also suffer with socialize anxiety. Kratom has done wonders for me without the terrible side effects of pharmaceutical medications
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
I’m an addiction neuroscientist who provides harm reduction consultations for chronic pain patients who use alternative medicines including Kratom. A ban would harm these consumers and send them to illicit opioid market, where they could easily overdose and die. Kratom is much safer, with alkaloids that act as partial, not full mu opioid agonists. A ban will lead to endless suffering and even patient suicides. Don’t do it.
It's imperative Kratom options remain available and accessible to relieve pain and suffering and promote quality of life in acute, chronic, and intractable conditions, including substance and alcohol use disorders.
Banning kratom and/or any of it's alkaloids is a terrible idea that will only end in the lives of responsible American kratom users being at best made significantly more difficult, and at worst cause them to be lost. Kratom and all of it's alkaloids are excellent harm reduction tools, and have changed the lives of millions of Americans who have been failed by their health care system due to lack of pain management. Banning kratom will result in far more harm than good, and would look horrible.
Hi, this matter means a lot to me. I strongly urge you to keep plain leaf kratom legal. I can personally attribute it to significant pain relief and curbing of mental health issues. I have struggled with debilitating anxiety and depression to the point I have had suicidal thoughts, and when I found kratom, it was different. It was the only thing that helped me. Kratom is a tool I use every single day to manage my symptoms, and I fully believe I would be dead without it. This plant has saved me.
I qualify for lifelong disability - but choose to work to give my son the best life possible. I broke both heals (double calcaneus fracture) back in 2022 - without 7oh and Kratom I WOULD NOT be able to work or enjoy 90% of the things I do on a daily basis. I’d have to sell my house, possibly lose custody, all because state GOV would rather demonize a plant medicine Vs actually looking into the vast benefits it brings. I’m not addicted, take days off all the time. Ibuprofen gave me ulcers. PLEASE
Please do not ban kratom, this is a life changing herbal supplement. It really has changed my life for the better, at least. Nothing is without risk, we need regulations to protect consumers, not laws banning the product. I understand banning chemically concentrated kratom products, but natural kratom leaves and powder should be left alone. Kratom provides too much benefit to too many people.
Kratom and 7oh have provided me relief from crippling anxiety and has helped keep me sober from alcohol the past 8 years. Banning kratom will do much more harm than leaving it be. Many people like me rely on it to be a functional member of society. Because of kratom I am back in school at 41 and loving life.
Not a TN resident. But for your sakes I hope you reconsider this ban. There are innumerable stories of people getting off hard drugs using this. Plenty of chronic pain patients whose lives were destroyed by doctors who are now too scared to prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol can now be contributing members of society. Plenty of alcoholics who have found a new lease on life. Plenty of treatment resistant depression patients who are getting on with their life. Don't go down this route.
Thank You for reading This teas natural form is safer than synthetic medicines,100% All Natural Unadulterated Kratom Tea is not dangerous.. I researched this tea for 2 1/2 years before trying for pain relief. I've consumed this tea in it's natural form for over 7 years. I've never had issues with cravings nor has it caused me to be high, I've had routine blood work for years, with no problem. Please do not ban the natural tea. Please agree to the Kratom Consumer Protection Act..
I oppose banning kratom. After surviving cervical cancer, I have used it safely for 8 years to manage chronic pain and avoid stronger, more dangerous medications. The science does not justify prohibition. Kratom should be researched, regulated, and limited to adults 21+, not banned outright. Removing access would harm responsible users who depend on it for quality of life, pain relief, and dignity. Thoughtful regulation is the answer, not prohibition.
Kratom was a live saver for me in 2012. I was a 23 year alcoholic at that point and my life was going no where. Kratom allowed me to curb that vice that got me locked up and homeless.
In 2016 when the FDA wanted to schedule kratom, I quit taking it. Within 3 weeks, I was drinking again. In 4 months I had lost everything that I had gained the last 4 years that kratom had helped bring me. But I started taking it again in 2018, and I am still sober from alcohol since 2018. Life saving!!!!
Kratom and 7-OH have significantly reduced my symptoms without the harms I experienced on other medications. Blanket bans risk unintended consequences by removing lower-risk options and funneling people toward substances with higher overdose potential. I urge you to support evidence-based regulation (testing, age limits, labeling) rather than prohibition. Keep safer choices available.
Why ban a Kratom leaf but still sell alcohol and tobacco products? Better yet what about all the toxic chemicals pumped into our food on the grocery shelves? This is a better alternative than prescribed medication...big pharmaceutical don't like competition so they started this...smh
The FDA specifically stated they are not targeting natural kratom. Since that announcement, people's inability to listen has shined. Natural kratom isn't the problem. Semi synthetic 7OH is the issue they want addressed. Stop attacking natural kratom and read the scientific data that has been published for years about kratom and how kratom doesn't meet the criteria for this type of outrage. Listing to the people of Ohio who have and continue to show up to support kratom. Please don't ban kratom.
Please do not ban Kratom. The unadulterated Kratom has helped so many people including myself, I have degenerate disc disease, migraines and lower back pain. I also suffer with socialize anxiety. Kratom has done wonders for me without the terrible side effects of pharmaceutical medications
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
Kratom is important to our family. Our daughter used kratom to help relief her nausea and pain while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer when traditional medication could not. Ensuring safe lab tested kratom is important not banning the sale.
I’m an addiction neuroscientist who provides harm reduction consultations for chronic pain patients who use alternative medicines including Kratom. A ban would harm these consumers and send them to illicit opioid market, where they could easily overdose and die. Kratom is much safer, with alkaloids that act as partial, not full mu opioid agonists. A ban will lead to endless suffering and even patient suicides. Don’t do it.
It's imperative Kratom options remain available and accessible to relieve pain and suffering and promote quality of life in acute, chronic, and intractable conditions, including substance and alcohol use disorders.
Lives depend on it.
Banning kratom and/or any of it's alkaloids is a terrible idea that will only end in the lives of responsible American kratom users being at best made significantly more difficult, and at worst cause them to be lost. Kratom and all of it's alkaloids are excellent harm reduction tools, and have changed the lives of millions of Americans who have been failed by their health care system due to lack of pain management. Banning kratom will result in far more harm than good, and would look horrible.
Hi, this matter means a lot to me. I strongly urge you to keep plain leaf kratom legal. I can personally attribute it to significant pain relief and curbing of mental health issues. I have struggled with debilitating anxiety and depression to the point I have had suicidal thoughts, and when I found kratom, it was different. It was the only thing that helped me. Kratom is a tool I use every single day to manage my symptoms, and I fully believe I would be dead without it. This plant has saved me.
I qualify for lifelong disability - but choose to work to give my son the best life possible. I broke both heals (double calcaneus fracture) back in 2022 - without 7oh and Kratom I WOULD NOT be able to work or enjoy 90% of the things I do on a daily basis. I’d have to sell my house, possibly lose custody, all because state GOV would rather demonize a plant medicine Vs actually looking into the vast benefits it brings. I’m not addicted, take days off all the time. Ibuprofen gave me ulcers. PLEASE
Please do not ban kratom, this is a life changing herbal supplement. It really has changed my life for the better, at least. Nothing is without risk, we need regulations to protect consumers, not laws banning the product. I understand banning chemically concentrated kratom products, but natural kratom leaves and powder should be left alone. Kratom provides too much benefit to too many people.
Kratom and 7oh have provided me relief from crippling anxiety and has helped keep me sober from alcohol the past 8 years. Banning kratom will do much more harm than leaving it be. Many people like me rely on it to be a functional member of society. Because of kratom I am back in school at 41 and loving life.
Not a TN resident. But for your sakes I hope you reconsider this ban. There are innumerable stories of people getting off hard drugs using this. Plenty of chronic pain patients whose lives were destroyed by doctors who are now too scared to prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol can now be contributing members of society. Plenty of alcoholics who have found a new lease on life. Plenty of treatment resistant depression patients who are getting on with their life. Don't go down this route.
Thank You for reading This teas natural form is safer than synthetic medicines,100% All Natural Unadulterated Kratom Tea is not dangerous.. I researched this tea for 2 1/2 years before trying for pain relief. I've consumed this tea in it's natural form for over 7 years. I've never had issues with cravings nor has it caused me to be high, I've had routine blood work for years, with no problem. Please do not ban the natural tea. Please agree to the Kratom Consumer Protection Act..
I oppose banning kratom. It has been a lifesaver for me with handling my fibromyalgia pain without the awful harmful side effects of pharmaceuticals.
I oppose banning kratom. After surviving cervical cancer, I have used it safely for 8 years to manage chronic pain and avoid stronger, more dangerous medications. The science does not justify prohibition. Kratom should be researched, regulated, and limited to adults 21+, not banned outright. Removing access would harm responsible users who depend on it for quality of life, pain relief, and dignity. Thoughtful regulation is the answer, not prohibition.
Kratom was a live saver for me in 2012. I was a 23 year alcoholic at that point and my life was going no where. Kratom allowed me to curb that vice that got me locked up and homeless.
In 2016 when the FDA wanted to schedule kratom, I quit taking it. Within 3 weeks, I was drinking again. In 4 months I had lost everything that I had gained the last 4 years that kratom had helped bring me. But I started taking it again in 2018, and I am still sober from alcohol since 2018. Life saving!!!!
Jordan Magee
Kratom and 7-OH have significantly reduced my symptoms without the harms I experienced on other medications. Blanket bans risk unintended consequences by removing lower-risk options and funneling people toward substances with higher overdose potential. I urge you to support evidence-based regulation (testing, age limits, labeling) rather than prohibition. Keep safer choices available.
Why ban a Kratom leaf but still sell alcohol and tobacco products? Better yet what about all the toxic chemicals pumped into our food on the grocery shelves? This is a better alternative than prescribed medication...big pharmaceutical don't like competition so they started this...smh