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Kratom History & the Law
Kratom is a leaf that comes from a tree that is part of the Rubiaceae family, (the same family as coffee). Its botanical name is Mitragyna speciosa. The Kratom tree is indigenous to Southeast Asia and its leaves have been used in that area of the world for so long that a beginning date cannot be determined. The western world became aware of its existence when the Dutch botanist Pieter Willem Korthals first documented it somewhere between 1831 -1836. At that time its primary uses were to treat pain, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, and mental instability. Since then kratom has continued to be used for those same reasons as well as others.
When the Chinese introduced opium trading, kratom was found to have another use. The people of Southeast Asia began using kratom to prevent the painful symptoms associated with withdrawals from opium addiction. Kratom became a highly effective way for addicts to end their dependency on opium and other opiate substances. As popularity of this use of kratom spread, it began to hurt the opium traders business. The economic influence the opium traders had over the government of Thailand proved to be too strong for kratom and it was declared illegal with passage of what is known as the Kratom Act 2486. Besides Thailand, possession of Kratom is illegal in Australia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. It is legal in all European countries as well as all of the United States.
