When the Drug Enforcement Administration formally backed off plans last year to ban the herb kratom, the agency announced it would accept input from the public to help determine how to proceed. The study, conducted by nonprofit groups the American Kratom Association and the American Coalition of Free Citizens, found that 99.1 percent of all comments submitted expressed support for keeping kratom legal. Kratom is an herb made from the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa, a Southeast Asian tree related to coffee. The overwhelming majority of these were in favor of keeping kratom legal, with veterans supporting by a margin of 448 to 1 and medical professionals supporting by a margin of 569 to 7. Despite having received overwhelming support in favor of keeping kratom legal, it’s not yet clear how the DEA will proceed.

Source: Huffington Post February 02, 2017 20:55 UTC