https://kratomgeek.com/indonesian-kratom-ban-gets-postponed-until-2024/

The Kratom industry in the United States remains susceptible to ongoing threats from government entities. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set its sights on the plant about a decade ago. Then the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) initiated an emergency scheduling of Kratom in 2016. Those actions were short-lived, however.

An outcry from the public made the Kratom ban mainstream news. Politicians voiced their opposition to it, so, the DEA pulled an about-face on the subject.

At the time, Kratom consumers thought the war on Kratom was over. Unfortunately, that wasn’t true. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended the DEA schedule the primary alkaloids in Kratom the following year.

The public found out whenever Stat News received those documents from the DEA through the Freedom of Information Act. However, some of the pages were missing. Stat News contacted the HHS directly about it, but the agency declined to provide the rest of the paperwork. The agency stated the media outlet received the original papers erroneously.

As soon as the mainstream media got wind of the story, the HHS flip-flopped on the issue shortly after. It sent another letter to the DEA revoking its previous recommendation to schedule Kratom.

Still, even with the DEA and HHS sitting quietly in the shadows, the FDA has been an outspoken critic of Kratom the entire time.

But American government agencies aren’t the only threat that exists to Kratom.

Kratom Ban Deadline Gets Pushed Back Two Years

The American Kratom Association (AKA) stepped into action and made several trips to Indonesia. The Kratom advocacy group met with government officials, presenting them with lots of relevant scientific research that disputes the FDA’s claims. The country’s leaders were receptive to the data. Through negotiations, top officials of the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) agreed that no Kratom restrictions would commence until 2024.

It technically gave the American Kratom industry two more years to purchase Kratom legally, and n that time, the AKA can continue to lobby Indonesian politicians for Kratom legalization.

Unfortunately, Indonesia can still decide to ban Kratom in the future. They have until 2024. So, Kratom importation becomes guesswork after that.

The Indonesian Kratom stock constitutes almost the entire supply in the market. All the other countries where Kratom grows naturally have legal restraints against selling the plant.

With Indonesia as the only legitimate bulk Kratom supplier, a Kratom ban in the country would cause a collapse of the global Kratom industry. However, that risk has become somewhat mitigated lately by an unexpected nation.

Thailand banned the cultivation of Kratom back in 1943 and classified it as a restricted drug in 1979. The country has had a tumultuous affair with the Kratom tree. Luckily, that feud has finally come to an end.

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