Kratom Products Can Kill You, FDA Says

Kratom is a type of drug that either can be eaten in pills form, smoked, and injected. The name itself is a tree plant base, relative to the coffee family, and some says it has some therapeutically property to fight against pain and depression. The drug is an alternative of opium, well it almost behaves like opium, a narcotic and very addictive. Now in the news, the FDA is warning people about this untested drug, who is imported from other country and purchased via online. The drug has a high potential of side effects than positive, that the drug can even lead you to death. FDA is approaching to restrict/ban the importation of such drug and set it as an illegal drug in the U.S. In August 2017, the drug administration has petition in listed the drug as schedule 1, because the behavior of kratom acted the same way as other narcotic drugs. However, the communities of kratom has outcries the petition and with their collaboration efforts, the enlisting was withdraw from the lists. The drug is still available in the U.S. but with time soon the drug either be banned or legalized.

What the FDA are trying to do:
The FDA incentives the kratom companies to send their product evaluation before the drug is administer it sales over the sea. Otherwise, the company would loose it sales and productivity, because the FDA has the authority to detain and halt it shipments for safety and concern. without the product information requested by the FDA, the kratom product could mean it has high hazardous effect than good ones.