Thanks so much for this post. They sell Kratom in freaking mom and pop mini marts where I live. Never tried it personally but a friend had some recently and described it. Honestly have heard nothing but positive from people who aren't freaks about it and know what they're doing. Always seems to be this way with anything but stuff controlled by the government. I work in recreational cannabis and feel their stings all the time. Sad but that's the way it is.