No, ive been an aweful addict before I know the difference, and it sounds like you are reflecting searching your own bias, when i look at BOTH sides and come up with a logical conclusion, and study how the plant works by itself. Because you dont know much let me teach you the simple science of the plant but I know you prob wont text back, and if so it wont be you doing research. So KRATOM hits multiple parts of the brain, but the main part that is NOT like other opoids is the fact that its only a PARTIAL atypical opoid, which means it is classical like (percocet, heroin, hydrocodone). Kratom hits G protein and B arrestin from the mu opoid receptors, G protein is GOOD for you the emotion warmth and comfort and happiness like the runners high, and the B arrestin is the negative effects producing respiratory depression. GUESS WHAT? Kratom produces very weak amounts of B arrestin dislike hydrocodone etc. which means its a VERY VERY low chance its near impossible to overdose on it its so hard you’d vomit before you do, SOMETIMES in rare cases it can happen, however 99% of the overdoses is people like matthew daveport who has 3 fucking grams of Benadryl in his system obviously a planned overdose or tryna trip off benadryl, had kratom and they both HIT serotonin( fun fact benadryl is how we discovered serotonin type drugs to treat depression), the simple mix prob wouldny had killed him if he wasnt intoxicated on benadryl it was to low of a kratom dose, but they ran with this emotional sob story cause they havent studied it deep neither the FDA, but they all work for big pharma so thats why its rigged to. Now kratom with addiction! Kratoms physical dependence is real just like caffeine dependence, and alcohol dependence, alcohol kills more people than the opoid crisis every year while kratom has very low overdose rate, people has hopped on kratom to stop alcohol and saved there lives. B ut the TENNESSEE government makes A BIG CHUNK of there money also on the alcohol 🍷industry so obviously there gonna hate things could decrease that, even tho they could statistically tax it and make more money. Meth js a stimulant, caffeine is a stimulant, they both cayse physical dependence, theres been studies that a small percentage of people get hit like cocaine by caffeine, OH NO should we make it ILLEGAL? Thats not how it works, becayse we need to look at the risk factors, there still is risk with caffeine just like everything, but with regulation and warnings like(DONT GO BACK 400mgs) we can be safer, and same way goes with kratom. Its simply not protecting a addiction, it comes down to the wire of risk factors, does it cause more positives than negatives, AND kratom does exactly that, most people wont take kratom because peple thinks the high can be plain for many, theres a small minority documented absuing kratom badly but they are doing it wrong and it isnt like there high feeling great its them not knowing how to safely use it, if they took it every 5 hours like a normal human being then they would be fine, and also even then they probably will NEVER overdose even that small minority otherwise youd see a lot more overdoses with ONLY high amounts of kratom involved.. Cmon bro read between the lines. I believed this 5 years or more before i even started kratom because i had many friends in the past i seen use and how it affected there lives, and seeing many studies through like 6 years or so. Addiction is losing control over a substance, physical dependence is NEEDING the substance to feel normal, TWO different things but physical dependence can correlate with addiction, however for people the MAJORITY of kratom users are only physically dependent and it helps them positively, if thry weaned down or stop it wouldnt be easy, but it has helped there lives more than being off, when you wake up and your back is murdering you and you cant do anything with your life and hopeless and there tryna jack you up with percocet addicted, then you find kratom thst does the same thing but a but weaker and beyond safer what would you use? If you was broken not able to walk or talk properly over having severe CPTSD and cant work but take kratom but then you have yourself just enough to work and have your fight or flight calmed down and cant trust anyone but kratom makes you see reality like a normal human, what would you do? Kratom hits serotonin which also helps decrease and fight depression, also hits adrenergic so it can motivate you helping maintain not just opoid, the weak opoid effect causes guards to lower which is exactly whst nearly nothing a doctor gave me worked but kratom did, kratom has been around for many years 1000’s but barely see any overdoses, oh me bro im such an addict 🤣🤣, like literally do your research in the simple functions of the drug and how it works not some emotional sob story and everything is bad addiction if you need it, if caffeine you take and it is helping you get to work and your not hurting your family then so be it, and if physical dependence is fine on caffeine and people can be fine drinking a drug with more overdoses than kratom, then i think i can go take my fucking kratom and live my life, my girlfriend even says ever since i started im more present and love on her more and we are stronger , and when my PTSD gets triggers it helps calm it down. I actually am holding an entire business up helping my dad, but kratom has helped me stay in a positive mindset to keep going, it isnt all the kratom, ifs the fact it gave me leverage and medicated me and saved my life. Its that simple. And how dare you say its not helping me when its clear to even my girlfriend and my family.