It's more orders of magnitude more dangerous and addictive (in that marijuana is almost impossible to OD on, and isn't addictive at all).

Marijuana is certainly not the magical silver bullet some make it out to be, but it's incredibly effective for many people whose only other recourse would be opiates.

FYI, cannabis certainly can be addictive, just without serious physical dependance. And even on the mentally addictive side, obviously far less than opiates - but certainly there are people who fit the definition of being addicted to weed.

Cannabis is not physically addicting, and if the person is psychologically addicted then it will be that person's environment which will be the culprit.

Kratom is a great and currently legal alternative. It works on opioid receptors and cannot be fatally overdosed. Unfortunately, many sates are already moving on banning it. Big pharma lobby for the win.

Kratom still comes with risks of withdrawal. Pure leaf kratom would be difficult to OD on, but extracts and tinctures could easily be overdosed on.

What are you talking about? Link to any case of death that has been attributed exclusively to an overdose of kratom. You can't, because it doesn't exist.

Stock up while you can. However some states have unbanned it, and others yet are not voting their bans into legislation. There's hope yet, but it will be a hard fight, particularly with the FDA.

This may be genetically variable; OPRM1 A118G seems to predict some amount of decreased effectiveness for a lot of exogenous opioids.