Knowing More about Kratom: Is It Safe for Body Health?
- BNN
Although some kratom users experience the benefits of kratom for their health, many also experience the negative effects of kratom. Consuming kratom can actually make the body's motor coordination disturbed like a drunk person.
The consequences of kratom abuse range from overdose, convulsions, coma, unconsciousness, to death. This is proven by the discovery of several cases of kratom abuse in kratom exporting countries. Kratom abuse that is often mixed with other ingredients has a more harmful effect on the body.
Poisoning effects can occur if kratom is mixed with drugs that act on the same receptors in the brain as stimulants and have an opiate effect.
These mixtures can also have lethal effects, as was the case in Sweden, where Krypton, a mixture of kratom and tramadol, was sold illegally and reportedly caused death.
Therefore, in 2013, the UNODC, the UN's drug agency, included kratom in the New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) category.
For information, NPS are new types of psychoactive substances that are discovered but the regulations are not yet clear or are still in process. With the inclusion of kratom into one type of NPS, the handling of kratom abuse needs to be a concern.
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