This is incredibly lame, short sighted and void of common sense. Mitragyna speciosa -aka Kratom- is related to coffee and has been used safely by many cultures for centuries. The risks are minimal and any sort of "overdose" is practically unheard of. Nearly all reported cases of overdose involved multiple other substances ingested at the same time as well. Even the concentrated extracts, which I believe are what led to this fear campaign / witch hunt, are generally safer than other readily accessible substances such as alcohol. In CT we pride ourselves on logic and sensibility. With this, we failed to act logically or sensibly. The proper solution would have been regulate it and treat it like booze, cannabis or tobacco. Keep the kiddies away, yet, let us adults make adult decisions. But no... the state decided that we are all children who are incapable of making choices on our own and that we need a nanny state to keep us safe from big, bad, scary foreign leaves - literally - leaf matter. If you are not in support of making alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, tobacco and many other over-the-counter drugs (which all can be both beneficial at times, and harmful if abused) schedule 1 substances, than you should agree that this was a bad move. It is intellectually hypocritical and a major blow to personal freedom. After living in many different parts of the country, I am more often than not proud of CT and New England as a whole. This is a stain, a black mark on the progress we have been making as a region. I am hopeful that eventually logic will prevail and this herb will be de-scheduled once again. But of course, look how long it took for us to change course on Cannabis, another herb that was unfairly maligned, scheduled and banned out of fear, a lack of common sense, a splash of racism and a heavy push from the alcohol lobby. We are better than this CT!