I have personal testimony about kratom, as someone who has been able to heal after a late stage cancer that left me with titanium ribs and severe pain as a side effect.
I use absolutely no pharmaceuticals for pain. (Although they've been extensively prescribed to me and I do have an "in case of Zombie apocalypse" stash.)
I have a self-care regimen that I have carefully articulated with the help of my practitioners and my Spirit Guides which include kratom. I have never personally experienced any of the "psychedelic" effects some claim to have, but I do find that life is liveable and that I can dance and sing and be productive whilst never ingesting the pharmaceutical poison that is systematically being prescribed to people who wind up dead.
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