Dea Going To Put Kratom On Schedule One

[cristinew]

Now is the time to see how the Michigan US Senate  Democrats respond,  Right?  Please  , urge them to sign onto the Hatch Dear Colleague

letter Nice to have the top us senator on our side  We fight hard, And we will win,  

 

Orrin Hatch A member of the Republican Party, he serves as the senior United States Senator for Utah. In office since 1977, Hatch is the most senior Republican Senator,

Edited September 28, 2016 by cristinew

[cristinew]

URGENT!!! SENATOR HATCH DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER!!!

Senator Hatch is one of the longest serving senators and is probably the most well-known leader on dietary supplement issues in the country! We do have a draft copy we can't share until it's finalized tomorrow morning.

This is IT!!! We likely only have TWO days to get signees, but so many have already shown interest thanks to all who have made calls and sent e-mails already!

Call, tell them your age and occupation, that you are a responsible consumer of the botanical kratom because it has *helped you by ______ and ask that they sign the Hatch Dear Colleague letter asking the DEA to delay the proposed scheduling of Kratom "to allow for both a public comment period and sufficient time for the DEA to outline it's evidentiary standards to the Congress on the justification of this proposed action."

In the morning he may have an original co-signer making it a bipartisan effort, so it may become the Hatch ® and ________ (D) letter) .

Call 202-224-3121 and press option #1 for Senate. Find and e-mail your senator here http://www.senate.go...nators/contact/

ENDLESS PRESSSURE! ENDLESSLY APPLIED!

Peters, Gary C. - (D - MI) Class II 724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-6221 Contact: www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary  Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI) Class I 731 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-4822 Contact: www.stabenow.senate.gov/?p=contact 

[cristinew]

eeping Supplements Safe for All Americans

Home / Priorities / Key Priorities / Keeping Supplements Safe for All Americans

Health specialists and dieticians have long sought to provide food-based products with certain health benefits to consumers in a safe and legal manner. To that end, Senator Hatch teamed with key regulators, industry stakeholders, and concerned citizens to create the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). This bipartisan legislation created a clear definition for dietary supplements and established the framework for their regulation as foods.

DSHEA defined the term "dietary supplement" as a product taken by mouth that contains a "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet. The "dietary ingredients" in these products may include: vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars, and metabolites. Dietary supplements can also be extracts or concentrates, and may be found in many forms, such as tablets, capsules, softgels, gelcaps, liquids, or powders. They can also come in other forms such as a bar, but if they are, information on their label must not represent the product as a conventional food or a sole item of a meal or diet. Whatever the form, DSHEA places dietary supplements in a special category under the general umbrella of "foods"—not drugs—and requires that every dietary supplement be labeled as such.

Over the years, Senator Hatch and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have sought to clarify misconceptions about dietary supplement regulation. While dietary supplements are regulated differently than drugs, they are responsibly regulated by the FDA, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state government agencies in each of the 50 states. In fact, the FDA and FTC oversee nearly all aspects of dietary supplement manufacturing, labeling, and marketing with extensive regulations and enforcement actions.

The materials below have been compiled from Senator Hatch’s

http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/keeping-supplements-safe-for-all-americans?page=180

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I agree that supplements including Kratom do need to be regulated to the extent that pureness of the product is insured to keep harmful adulterants from being added and sold by the nefarious types who care nothing about the health of the end user. If any harm claimed to have come from Kratom, it certainly was not from the pure leaf product. To bad it is no longer available  in the U.S.. Have to go to the land of the free, AKA, Canada!

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[swamper]

Over regulation is oppression! Supplements give hope and help for those of us who have been failed by the health care industrial complex. Many people, if not all, on these forums have been let down by "modern medicine." We have been through the wringer, as it were, and know that today's doctors just don't have all the answers. The rush to push pills on patients the moment they walk through the door just goes to show that there has been way to much money and research wasted on and by pharmaceutical companies instead of the actual illness and homeopathic treatments.

[t-pain]

sen orrin hatch r-utah is a cupcake btw.

[cristinew]

Yes but he is ON OUR SIDE    t pain PLEASE URGE YOUR SENATORS TO SIGN    It would be nice if we got help from this

community ,

Edited September 29, 2016 by cristinew

[swamper]

Even the worst politicians have some redeeming qualities.

[cristinew]

I was surprised,  I am also surprised how very few democrats are supportive,  

[t-pain]

will contact my senators and reps. cant hurt to talk to them.

 

a strongly worded letter to the DEA? ehe

 

heres dpa site if you want to write a letter:

https://engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/senate-kratom-dea

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That makes it easy.  TY, T PAIN  In the letter to the OMB, the House members suggested that the DEA may have acted illegally.  And if that is the case Is Obmama  Going aid and abed illegal activities that the dea is doing ??

 

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/869402 

 

A bipartisan group of members of the United States House of Representatives is calling on the Obama Administration to halt a federal plan to make the herbal supplement kratom a schedule I substance on September 30.

In late August, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it would place kratom's active ingredients ― the opioids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine ― on schedule I, alongside with marijuana, ecstasy, and heroin.

Kratom, derived from a tree (Mitragyna speciosa korth) grown in Southeast Asia, has become increasingly popular as an opioid alternative both to treat pain and to ease opioid withdrawal. It is largely legal. The drug is currently on the DEA's "drugs of concern" list, but the agency has maintained for years that kratom has a high potential for abuse, that it has no currently accepted medicinal use, and that there is a lack of evidence of safety when used under medical supervision.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in July that the number of calls to poison control centers related to kratom had increased tenfold, from 26 in 2010 to 263 in 2016. Forty-nine of the total cases were considered life-threatening.

Also in late July, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an import alert, instructing its district offices to seize any products containing kratom. The agency said kratom is considered a dietary supplement that has not been proven to be safe and that it reportedly has dangerous side effects.

But the Botanical Education Alliance, which spurred the congressional letter-writing campaign, cites multiple examples of the safety and effectiveness of kratom.

The Botanical Education Alliance does not identify its mission, funding sources, or members on its website. A representative for the organization had not responded to a request for more information by press time.

The letters were sent to the acting director of the DEA and the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and were signed by 51 Democrats and Republicans. "The DEA's decision to place kratom as a Schedule I substance will put a halt on federally funded research and innovation surrounding the treatment of individuals suffering from opioid and other addictions — a significant public health threat," they wrote.

The National Institutes of Health has provided funding to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Mississippi to determine whether kratom could help with opioid withdrawal.

The congressmen said the DEA did not allow public comment after publishing the intent to make kratom a schedule I substance.

 

"This hasty decision could have serious effects on consumer access and choice of an internationally recognized herbal supplement," they wrote to the DEA.

In the letter to the OMB, the House members suggested that the DEA may have acted illegally.

The members of Congress asked for a delay in the scheduling of kratom until the public had a chance to comment and that "inconsistencies in the views of federal agencies of the product are addressed."

Edited September 30, 2016 by cristinew

[outsideinthecold]

http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-cannabis-legalization-20160930-snap-story.html?ref=yfp

[cristinew]

Hatch letter is STILL OPEN. Keep calling!!! Here are the signers thus far: Hatch ® - UT Lee ® - UT Kirk ® - IA King (D) - ME Bennet (D) - CO Wyden (D) - OR Sanders (I) - VT

Where is Mr Paul? Thought he was for less government ?

Hatch letter is STILL OPEN. Keep calling!!! Here are the signers thus far:

Hatch ® - UT

Lee ® - UT

 

Kirk ® - IA

King (D) - ME

Bennet (D) - CO

Wyden (D) - OR

Sanders (I) - VT    WHERE ARE OUR MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ?? I  WILL BE REMEMBERING YOU AT THE POLLS Next time you are up for elections,  I wlll say good by Gary Peters Good by Debbie Stabenow   And i Hope  they say good by to Ryand Paul and Boxer Dianne Feinstein- California ** SIDED WITH DEA. ,

 

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Johnson-Pocan%20Kratom%20DOJ%20Letter%2009.30.16.pdf?token=AWzvjgfu7tRwln7sOqGR8cxw3OfJMla4SGzU5_E5Oike58B2EzjLao7Yg4tGut7XykH_F_VesPm1VF99i2-FEkFbq91_cT0XyAISV05B7qFgy8r0yOE5zk2ygpPukvFWsXsAquKc6O-j1vH4f7RAXhnq

 

Call Our reps now ,,, Find and e-mail your senator here http://www.senate.go...nators/contact/

ENDLESS PRESSSURE! ENDLESSLY APPLIED!

Peters, Gary C. - (D - MI) Class II 724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-6221 Contact: www.peters.senate.gov/contact/email-gary  Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI) Class I 731 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-4822 Contact: www.stabenow.senate.gov/?p=contact

 

If cannot get thew the DC office try the local offices  thanks.

 

Edited September 30, 2016 by cristinew

[outsideinthecold]

How many folks die every year from unintended overdoses of legally prescribed opioids?

 

Tens-of-thousands.

 

Two-a-day in Michigan alone.

 

Imagine what the outcry would be if two bodies washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan every day.

 

How many heroin overdose deaths are the direct result of an initial opioid addiction?

 

Thousands more.

 

So tell me again why kratom is being illegalized? And why the government insists cannabis has no medical value?

 

Politicians of both parties and their public sector sycophants are the new aristocracy.

 

We have the government we deserve. We must have been very, very bad.

Edited September 30, 2016 by outsideinthecold

[cristinew]

EDIT LETTER CLOSED. Here are the signees:

9 plus the 3 who sent their own letter = 12 (well 11, Wyden signed both, yay Ron!). Job very well done in such a short amount of time!!! We got our 2
10% and all the senators need to be thanked. Way to go!!!

Hatch ® - UT

Lee ® - UT

Kirk ® - IA

King (I) - ME

Bennet (D) - CO

Wyden (D) - OR

Sanders (I) - VT

Warner (D) - VA

Tillis ® - NC

 

Looks like i will be campaigning  to boot  Debbie  Stabenow And Gary Peters in the future,  I will never vote for them And i will urge others not to do so , Now its time to let their  office know,

 

Edited September 30, 2016 by cristinew

[cristinew]

 

 

 

Happy Kratom Day Sept. 30th 2016 

 

Not Today DEA Not Any Day.

 

ENDLESS PRESSSURE! ENDLESSLY APPLIED!

 

"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing"

Edited October 1, 2016 by cristinew

[swamper]

Kratom Remains Legal, For Now

 

Earlier today, Congressman Mark Pocan (R-WI) spoke with Acting Administrator of the DEA, Chuck Rosenberg, and the discussion represents a milestone moment in the kratom saga. Pocan’s Communications Director, David Kolovson, sent me this summary:

Congressman Mark Pocan had a productive conversation with the acting administrator today and learned that the DEA will be not announcing a final decision on kratom today. September 30th simply marked the 30 day period, required by statute, the DEA had to wait. It appears the DEA will instead open up a modified comment process before a final decision will be made. While we do not know the exact timing or details of the new comment period for kratom, Acting Administrator Rosenberg assured Congressman Pocan that we will find out more in the near future.

Aside from the 30-day period required by statute ending without a Federal Register listing, the most significant part of this statement is “the DEA will instead open up a modified comment process before a final decision will be made.” The lack of a public comment process has been a major point of criticism since the day the DEA announced its plan to Schedule I kratom’s alkaloids. It was specifically called out in both the House and Senate “dear colleague letters,” as discussed in previous coverage, and in a tidal wave of feedback from other sources. That the DEA now appears to be entertaining a “modified comment process” is a significant development. The length and details of that process, as the statement from Pocan’s office indicates, are yet to be revealed.

One important element of a comment process would be allowing the research community to contribute to the discussion. As reported by FORBES contributor David Kroll, kratom is increasingly becoming a dynamic research topic and a Schedule I listing would disrupt, if not entirely halt, future research.

 

 

Oh boy, I cant wait to see what Chucks (Medical marijuana is a joke) Rosenbergs idea of a modified comment period entails. Supreme leader Obama hand picked this guy to run the DEA, and Hillary Clinton is no better being fully in the lab coat pockets of big pharma.

 

 

Despite naming the pharmaceutical industry as one of her greatest “enemies,” Hillary Clinton has received more money from drug companies than any other candidate this cycle. Pharmaceutical manufacturers donated more than $340,000 for her 2008 presidential bid – and in just the first six months of her 2016 campaign, Clinton has received over $160,000 from drug companies. To top it off, Big Pharma giants Pfizer and Proctor & Gamble each have donated between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation.

 

Graph

 

 

[cristinew]

Oh boy, I cant wait to see what Chucks (Medical marijuana is a joke) Rosenbergs idea of a modified comment period entails. Supreme leader Obama hand picked this guy to run the DEA,   

 

And this stooge is buying time  He is well aware he violated 3 statutes  he is just trying to save his donkey , But his donkey is going to be handed  to him, 

 Rosenberg is an idiot and not only needs to be fired but he needs to be prosecuted for intentionally and purposely causing pain and suffering to obviously at least 140 thousand people. This has all gone far beyond medical ignorance, it has now breached the point of assault on handicap people.

 Fire DEA Head Chuck Rosenberg for Calling Medical Marijuana a "Joke"

https://www.change.org/p/obama-fire-dea-head-for-calling-medical-marijuana-a-joke

 

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Edited October 5, 2016 by cristinew

[cristinew]

From the Missouri Kratom Untied: All the hard work put in by the Kratom community is helping. 
While the DEA has not said they will not ban Kratom, the DEA on Friday said it will open up "modified comment process". No one is really sure yet what that means exactly, as this is the first time the DEA is setting up a modified comment process, and how long this process will take. One would imagine no less then a month, maybe 2-3 months for a not so proper comment process. Comment periods in other branches of our Government can be 6 months or longer.

We should have a better idea this week and we will send out an email with those details.

This is great news, but does not mean the ban has been beaten. Much more work is needed. If you have not discussed your Kratom story with your Senator or your Congressman; call them up, keep the pressure going. If you have contacted your Senator or Congressman, well there are about 530 more out there, call anyone that will listen. This will only help. Let our representatives know you are not interested in an enforcement agency setting up a "modified comment process", instead you would like the Congress or the Senate to take charge as they, the elected representatives, should set up a comment process to listen to it's citizens.

No one believes the DEA will do the right thing. The head of the DEA Chuck Rosenberg thinks medical marijuana is a joke.
http://www.cbsnews.com/…/dea-chief-says-smoking-marijuana-…/

The emergency ban process starts off with approval from the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Her office was approached by the DEA asking to temporarily ban Kratom based on "facts of imminent hazard to public safety" provided to the US Attorney's Office by the DEA. We need to send her and her office as many emails, and call as much as we can to let them know how wrong their approval of the Kratom ban is.

As far as we know, this is the first time an emergency ban was used on a natural herb.a link to the US Attorney General's contact us page:https://www.justice.gov/contact-us

for your reference here is the temporary scheduling law:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/811#h

(h) Temporary scheduling to avoid imminent hazards to public safety
(1) If the Attorney General finds that the scheduling of a substance in schedule I on a temporary basis is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety, he may, by order and without regard to the requirements of subsection (b) relating to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, schedule such substance in schedule I if the substance is not listed in any other schedule in section 812 of this title or if no exemption or approval is in effect for the substance under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 355]. Such an order may not be issued before the expiration of thirty days from

(A) the date of the publication by the Attorney General of a notice in the Federal Register of the intention to issue such order and the grounds upon which such order is to be issued, and (B)the date the Attorney General has transmitted the notice required by paragraph (4).

(2) The scheduling of a substance under this subsection shall expire at the end of 2 years from the date of the issuance of the order scheduling such substance, except that the Attorney General may, during the pendency of proceedings under subsection (a)(1) with respect to the substance, extend the temporary scheduling for up to 1 year.

(3) When issuing an order under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall be required to consider, with respect to the finding of an imminent hazard to the public safety, only those factors set forth in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection ©, including actual abuse, diversion from legitimate channels, and clandestine importation, manufacture, or distribution.

(4) The Attorney General shall transmit notice of an order proposed to be issued under paragraph (1) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. In issuing an order under 
An order issued under paragraph (1) is not subject to judicial review.

This is such an unconstitutionally written law that section 811(h)(b)(6) actually says this can not be challenged in court. Basically no matter what the US Attorney General and the DEA, both appointed positions, decide they want to schedule 1. The Attorney General and the DEA can at will with no checks and balances.

The US Attorney General is not voted into office, but instead appointed by the president. The Head of the DEA is in turn appointed by the US Attorney General.

While the DEA is somewhat immune to it's actions, and the worst that can happen is potentially not being appointed to serve in the next term. It is a different story for the US Attorney General. The attorney general is also subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors."

Let's make sure the US Attorney General's office is well aware of the negative impact their decision will make on so many hundreds of thousands of Americans who use Kratom daily. Let's do so in written correspondence as well as by phone, so there will be traceability and accountability down the road of need be.

https://www.justice.gov/contact-us

The Department may be contacted by phone at the following:
Department Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000

http://www.forbes.com/…/09/30/kratom-remains-legal-for-now/…

http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/…/dea-delays-kratom-ban-for-…F

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[cristinew]

DEA Cutting Opioid Supply in 2017  https://www.rt.com/usa/361622-dea-orders-opioid-production-cut/

 

http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/10/4/dea-cutting-opioid-supply-in-2017

 

“We tend to overuse words such as ‘unprecedented’ and ‘horrific,’ but the death and destruction connected to heroin and opioids is indeed unprecedented and horrific,” said DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg in a statement. “The problem is enormous and growing, and all of our citizens need to wake up to these facts.”

 

Ol Chuck seems to find many ways to make people suffer , Whats Next Chuck?

[trichcycler]

Canada just legalized heroin!

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/13/canada-has-just-approved-prescription-heroin/

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/canada-legalize-pharmaceutical-grade-heroin-science-proves-drug-war-works/

http://hightimes.com/news/canada-just-legalized-heroin-to-control-drug-addiction/

Edited October 5, 2016 by trichcycler

[swamper]

Canada just legalized heroin!

Kudos to Trudeau’s... administration. Kinda rolls of the tongue.