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mitragyna speciosa (kratom) tree (photo by Gringobonk, courtesy Erowid.org)
mitragyna speciosa (kratom) tree (photo by Gringobonk, courtesy Erowid.org)

Now They're Trying to Ban... Kratom? [FEATURE]

Kratom is a fairly innocuous organic substance that is useful in treating a number of conditions, but that doesn't mean people in power don't want to reflexively ban it. The fight is on in Pinellas County, Florida.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke on the event's opening panel.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke on the event's opening panel.

David Borden -- Remarks at the United Nations, February 10, 2016

[image:1 align:right caption:true]Last week then UN held a meeting for NGOs concerned with drug policy -- the "