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Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family (coffee family) native to Southeast Asia. [3] It is indigenous to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, [4] where its leaves, known as kratom, have been used in herbal medicine since at least the 19th century. [5]
Mitragynine is an indole-based alkaloid and is one of the main psychoactive constituents in the Southeast Asian plant Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as kratom. [4] It is an opioid that is typically consumed as a part of kratom for its pain-relieving and euphoric effects.
In this July 30, 2019, photo, officers gather illegally-grown kratom plants in Phang Nha province, Thailand. Thailand on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a ...
[9] [11] In October 2018, the Food and Drug Administration granted psilocybin "breakthrough therapy" status for research. [ 6 ] [ 12 ] The drug was granted this status again in November 2019. [ 13 ] Decriminalization advocates have cited research that suggests that the drug is non-addictive and causes a low amount of emergency visits when ...
A sign advertising the sale of Kratom is pictured outside the Conoco gas station at the corner of Gilbert and Benton streets Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa.
On 7 September 2022, San Francisco lawmakers had unanimously approved a measure calling for the decriminalization of the use of entheogenic plants. [ 130 ] On 8 November 2022, Colorado voters passed Proposition 122, the Natural Medicine Health Act, decriminalizing psilocybin (including psilocybin mushrooms), psilocin, dimethyltryptamine (also ...
He said that aside from the May 9detection in San Francisco, there have been no "other positives in Live Bird Markets throughout the state during this present outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian flu."
According to the Psychonaut Web Mapping Research Project, synthetic cannabinoids, sold under the brand name Spice, were first released in 2005 by the now-dormant company the Psyche Deli in London. In 2006, the brand gained popularity. According to the Financial Times, the assets of the Psyche Deli rose from £65,000 in 2006 to £899,000 in 2007.