AKA Announcement Revealed

[WarmFoothills]

From AKA website:

HHS RESCINDS SCHEDULING RECOMMENDATION FOR KRATOM BUT FDA DELIBERATELY HID THAT FACT FOR MORE THAN 2 1⁄2 YEARS FROM THE PUBLIC, POLICY MAKERS AND THE MEDIA

HHS cites significant risk of immediate adverse public health consequences to potentially millions of users if kratom or its components are included in Schedule I

JANUARY 28, 2021—Washington, DC—Congressman Mark Pocan (WI) and Congressman Morgan Griffith, in exercising their oversight responsibilities over the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), discovered that on August 16, 2018 HHS had rescinded the request for the kratom to be classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

In the HHS letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) HHS recommended that “mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine not be controlled at this time, either temporarily or permanently, until scientific research can sufficiently support such an action.” The FDA had made a recommendation for scheduling of kratom on August 31, 2016 that was subsequently withdrawn by the DEA on October 13, 2016 for insufficiency of evidence to support the scheduling under the CSA, and FDA submitted its second recommendation on October 17, 2017 that has been withdrawn by HHS because the scientific research did not justify the scheduling.

HHS concluded that “there is a significant risk of immediate adverse public health consequences to potentially millions of users if kratom or its components are included in Schedule I.” The HHS letter outlined 5 specific criteria for “further analysis and public input regarding kratom” before any scheduling should be undertaken. Since the issuance of the recission letter, additional compelling research has further undermined the FDA’s claims on the safety and abuse potential for kratom.

“Despite this formal action by HHS, the FDA has failed to make this action public and continued to allow the public; policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels; and the media to believe its recommendation for schedule kratom was actively being considered by DEA despite the fact the science did not support that action,” stated Mac Haddow, Senior Fellow on Public Policy for the American Kratom Assocation (AKA). “The FDA abandoned its mandate to protect the public health and instead stood silent for more than 2 1⁄2 years while the opioid overdose crisis deepened, particulary in the midst of the spike in overdose deaths related on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all while HHS had concluded kratom could have helped those using highly lethal opioids.”

To view the referenced letter and other supporting documents, click on the following link:

https://americankratom.org/pr-documents

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Link here:
https://www.americankratom.org/mediak/n ... t5wz-hb9NI

[mivanqua]

Great news but are you surprised the government is pro-suffering? So...no more panic buying? Hahaha!

[tracy00214]

This is so evil! It has Trump people stink all over it!

[fhanak]

very upset to hear this news

[MichalHad]

[pray4peace4]

DEA & FDA are liars pure & simple. AKA should send this letter to every state legislature, especially those who banned kratom, & inform them that the "experts" lied to them.

[mivanqua]

DEA & FDA are liars pure & simple. .

Just.part of the MASSIVE pharma empire that runs/ruins this country..

[starshine]

DEA & FDA are liars pure & simple. AKA should send this letter to every state legislature, especially those who banned kratom, & inform them that the "experts" lied to them.

I guarantee that's EXACTLY what they plan to do. besides being furious that this happened, I'm imagining they're literally giddy over the governmental and scientific leverage this undoubtedly provides.

[mivanqua]

Banning plants is just plain stupid. There's no getting around that. Banning plants equates to announcement of intent by pharma to monopolize banned plant. It's the same every time.

[Adrumaddict]

DEA & FDA are liars pure & simple. AKA should send this letter to every state legislature, especially those who banned kratom, & inform them that the "experts" lied to them.

I believe this is exactly what they intend on doing in some fashion.