Please keep natural kratom legal. It is a safe and effective way to manage pain, withdrawals from addiction, and an aid in recovery, helps people stay off drugs that can potentially kill them, eliminates the necessity of expensive long-term after care drugs like naloxone (oftentimes at the taxpayer expense), helps with mood disorders, and has been used in Asia for over 2 centuries... So safely it has evolved into their culture.

It's given me my life back.

I am 63 years old. My diagnoses include MS, degenerative disc disease, extreme osteoporosis with frequent fractures, multiple herniated discs some with compression fractures, arthritis, and depression.

My pain is managed, and opioids are no longer a part of my life. I have been using natural kratom since 2010 for pain management. In that time I have become more focused on my health, lifestyle, a better human, active in my community, and an all around happier person.

"Ban tobacco. Do NOT ban kratom. Any Virginia politician who moves against kratom will go down in history as the pinnacle of hypocrisy. Kratom helps people. Tobacco hurts people. Stop the hypocrisy. Ban tobacco instead. Keep kratom legal."

"I am a 69 year old woman with terrible arthritis pain. I have had back surgeries and neck surgeries which fixed the disc issues but with degenerative disc disease and my spine riddled with arthritis. I live with chronic pain everyday. With the 'Opioid' crisis my best pain relief was taken away from me even though I never abused it for years!! Kratom has been my life saver. I use a small dose 1 or 2 times a day and it makes my life bearable and I am able to work around my house, volunteer in my community. I don't want to see this banned. I think it would be a terrible mistake just because the pharmaceutical companies are not making any money off it."

"I am a 69 year old woman with terrible arthritis pain. I have had back surgeries and neck surgeries which fixed the disc issues but with degenerative disc disease and my spine riddled with arthritis. I live with chronic pain everyday. With the 'Opioid' crisis my best pain relief was taken away from me even though I never abused it for years!! Kratom has been my life saver. I use a small dose 1 or 2 times a day and it makes my life bearable and I am able to work around my house, volunteer in my community. I don't want to see this banned. I think it would be a terrible mistake just because the pharmaceutical companies are not making any money off it."