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Kratom bomb: DEA's 'unprecedented' reversal of drug ban shows culture shift [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Kratom bomb: DEA's 'unprecedented' reversal of drug ban shows culture shift
The Drug Enforcement Agency, which has a long ‘record of ignoring
both science and public opinion’, has responded to an outcry over a
south-east Asian plant
Baynard Woods in Baltimore
Friday 14 October 2016 11.30 BST
The US Drug Enforcement Agency took an unprecedented step this week that the agency says signals a substantial shift in its direction, after decades as a leader in the US war on drugs.
After the DEA imposed its strictest drug regulations on a south-east Asian plant called kratom, the outcry was strong and immediate. Many have cited the plant as an effective treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers and other opioids, while evidence of the drug’s harms, they said, is minimal.
In response, the DEA handed a major victory to drug reform advocates: it reversed its decision and halted the emergency scheduling of kratom.
“This is an unprecedented action. It’s never happened before,” said agency spokesman Russ Bayer. “We’ve never withdrawn a notice to temporarily schedule any substance but we want to move through this process in a transparent manner.”
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The Drug Enforcement Agency, which has a long ‘record of ignoring
both science and public opinion’, has responded to an outcry over a
south-east Asian plant
Baynard Woods in Baltimore
Friday 14 October 2016 11.30 BST
The US Drug Enforcement Agency took an unprecedented step this week that the agency says signals a substantial shift in its direction, after decades as a leader in the US war on drugs.
After the DEA imposed its strictest drug regulations on a south-east Asian plant called kratom, the outcry was strong and immediate. Many have cited the plant as an effective treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers and other opioids, while evidence of the drug’s harms, they said, is minimal.
In response, the DEA handed a major victory to drug reform advocates: it reversed its decision and halted the emergency scheduling of kratom.
“This is an unprecedented action. It’s never happened before,” said agency spokesman Russ Bayer. “We’ve never withdrawn a notice to temporarily schedule any substance but we want to move through this process in a transparent manner.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/14/kratom-dea-ban-reversal-culture-shift
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