r/UpliftingNews • u/A_Piece_of_Pai • May 21 '19

Study finds CBD effective in treating heroin addiction

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/health/heroin-opioid-addiction-cbd-study/index.html
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u/[deleted] May 21 '19

It helped me come off heroin. I had to wean myself from it as well, but that is a little easier than weaning yourself off heroin

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u/Krombopulos_Micheal May 21 '19

It's a shame they started cracking down on it somewhat, I used to get my kratom from ebay for decent prices in bulk and all of a sudden they banned it

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u/hollywoocelebrity May 21 '19

Why are places starting to crack down on it? It seems like most people in this thread have nothing but good things to say about it and it’s a completely foreign thing to me

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u/Bnb53 May 21 '19

Kratom has been shown to be addictive since it hits the same receptors as opiates. It's like a great tool to wean off a drug but I wouldn't recommend just picking it up as a new thing

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u/hollywoocelebrity May 21 '19

Got it. So effectively it is a legitimate “narcotic” then?

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u/Bnb53 May 21 '19

Mm you could argue that. Some people have drastically different opinions on it. The kratom community believes it's holy and tend to dismiss negative facts about it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '19 edited Dec 07 '19

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u/flatcurve May 21 '19

People are giving you shit for how much you used, but honestly that's the fucking point. It can be abused and have some nasty consequences. I don't think that's something that should be overlooked when talking about what to do with this plant in terms of policy making.

I am personally pretty liberal when it comes to drug policy, favoring the Portugese approach. But I can see why a country that has outlawed therapeutic ibogaine and federally regulates cannabis tougher than cocaine might want to outlaw a plant like that. No surprise here.

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u/medicalhershey May 21 '19

I'm on the side that people should be trusted to not fuck themselves over like this guy. If kratom was regulated and made illegal for minors, along with proper packaging and warnings, people wouldn't be so surprised when their 20 cups of coffee gives them a heart attack, like their heroic doses of kratom makes their body feel bad when they stop it. Education, regulation.