60 journalists all spend one week covering Cincinnati's battle with heroin

Re:60 journalists all spend one week covering Cincinnati's b... by nnfy on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:54PM (#15234156)

For anyone who may be struggling with chronic pain and/or opioid addiction, I implore you to research kratom. As far as anyone can tell, it is safe, minimally addictive, and in my experience it is good for head pain, stomach pain, anxiety, minor depression, not to mention potentiation of all kinds of other drugs.

Of course, use at your own risk. It may interact dangerously with many compounds, because it inhibits the cytochrome p450 enzyme. That said, after a six month up to three times a day habit, I've quit cold turkey twice without too much trouble.

I recommend I highly if you're out of other options.

One last warning, do not buy in person, you will be ripped off. You can get 250g for less than $30 online, and a dose for pain is 1-2 grams. Higher doses are mildly psychoactive, but OD is anecdotally impossible because you quickly become nauseaus and throw the powder up if you take in excess of 8-10+grams.

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Re:60 journalists all spend one week covering Cincinnati's b... by xrd on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:24PM (#15234359)

I'm seeing lots of addicts wandering about Portland, OR. I read your comment with interest. I wonder if someone distributed this to addicts on the street if it would make a difference. I feel very helpless in reclaiming our city from an addiction crisis.

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Re:60 journalists all spend one week covering Cincinnati's b... by nnfy on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:20AM (#15235510)

There are numerous anecdotal reports online of heroin users using kratom to kick the habit. At the very least, one can be functional on kratom, contribute to society, and withdrawal shouldn't be terrible enough to motivate violent crime.

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Re:60 journalists all spend one week covering Cincinnati's b... by tryckbarpingvin on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:02PM (#15234607)

Kratom saved my wife's life. She has suffered chronic pain* for the past few years. Literally near suicide from it, but doctors wouldn't prescribe anything, because they couldn't find anything wrong. We are still looking into the reason she's in such pain, but at least she has something that allows her to live not confined to the bed all day put of agony. She's finally moving around again, doing the dishes, etc.

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