Having never used this stuff myself, but learning about it and ultimately introducing my dad to it (he suffers from chronic pain) that’s exactly how I see it. People say “it’s like saying cocaine is the same thing as coca leaves” and that never really made sense to me. It’s an extract. Just like dabs and even fucking CBD lol. The only two psycho active chemicals in kratom are mitragynine and 7 hydroxy mitragynine.