No need to be rude. I'm telling you my definition and why it isn't a drug.

you're absolutely right. If we came to a consensus on the definition of what a drug is, we wouldn't have that much confusion going on. If we were to consider coffee, alcohol, cigarettes and cannabis drugs, this falls into a similar category. Cigarettes can have a euphoric effect sometimes referred as a "head rush" typically for new users though the effect goes away for addicted smokers and coffee has that effect in the morning where it ever so slightly perks you up since it's a stimulant. Kratom is somewhere around those but it's mostly similar to coffee sensation wise, though slightly stronger, but can have that slight euphoric effect as well, however that euphoria reaches a plateau nowhere beyond the effects of THC and taking more kratom will not get someone beyond that sensation. Kratom is also much less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes, much like cannabis, but out of all of these, kratom does show signs of medicinal purposes, very much like cannabis. We have an agenda, and that is to spread awarness about having a say in how Americans choose their method of treatment, as well as having more than a few options. If someone does not feel inclined to use prescriptions drugs, or has and they have no effect, then they should have the option to use Kratom if they choose too. We also want to spread the correct information about kratom that avoids biases, but that can be hard for those of who it has helped so much. There's so much more info to go into, (but im doing this off the cuff and barely scratching the surface) but the point being I don't want your initial observation about our community to seem like we don't consider it a drug, it's just when people try to avoid that classification, it's because of the implication the word has had throughout history.