I acknowledge that two sentences further . He ' s a founder who quit and then was rehired . Someone made the choice to put him at the top . A position he is clearly illsuited for . The fact that you can code and have a few good ideas doesn ' t mean you can run a multimillion dollar company . <| sep |> I agree 100 % with every word you said here . now , I will say that I actually read an absolute shit ton about kratom prior to placing an order for it . At least as long as you did and maybe more . This was about 4 years ago and quite frankly there wasn ' t anywhere near the negative reports as there are now . Were I to perform the same intense study NOW I am pretty sure I would have been able to become educated and never would have placed an order . You see , I ordered kratom first not for myselfbut to assist my mother with her debilitating rheumatoid arthritis . She had been antipharm her entire life and never took anything for it and it was crippling . As it turned out she never took it . I tossed it in a drawer and basically forgot about it . Long story short my mother passed away and I became deeply depressed and happened to think HEY ! that herb was supposed to be a natural NONADDICTIVE antidote for depression . I definitely wanted to avoid the AD route as I have a cousin whose been stuck on them for over 3 decades . And that ' s how it all beganit was insanely addictive and alluring . I am a recovered alcoholic so I guess that indicates I already have a predisposition towards addiction ? I would absolutely say my bad here but the truth is I was somewhat blindsided . I ended up taking it daily and fighting the WD ' s for quite awhile and relapsing etc , etc . This last quit required 45 days before I was completely free from withdrawal related symptoms . I take FULL responsibility for this addiction by the way . I do not blame this plant one iota . I am an adult and I believe all adults SHOULD have access to anything they want to consume . That said ? I become incensed by this communities tendency to say how nonaddictive this substance is . It is highly addictive . Now , are there different psychological makeups more susceptible to this addiction ? I don ' t know and I don ' t care . The truthand the WHOLE TRUTH should be prefaced prior to any and every purchase . Just like cigs and alcohol state the negative possibilities , so should kratom . Instead , I chronically see the opposite being touted . Now , I have been helping out at rquittingkratom now for 2 years and I have personally seen a great deal of devastation . It blows my mind to bits how so many people can minimize the experiences of literally hundreds of folks . but they routinely do . And it makes me mad . I love the idea of regulations and standards being put in place . I hate the idea of a complete ban or any scheduling . All I want to see is fairness in advertising . when given ALL the infoyep , it ' s on YOU .