And so do video game addicts.
Just because something is dependence inducing doesn't mean it should be ever illegal.
If Kratom addicts start robbing convenience stores and offering blowies for Kratom cash i'll believe it.
Just because something is dependence inducing doesn't mean it should be ever illegal.
If Kratom addicts start robbing convenience stores and offering blowies for Kratom cash i'll believe it.
Is there any reason you personally feel that way or is it more of "opioids are strong and dangerous so I figure people driving on them is dangerous"?
A few years ago the UK revised their regulations regarding driving while using prescribed opioids, taking an approach that essentially allows the driver to decide if they are too impaired to drive.
I don't mean this in an offensive way, but that's just because you're ignorant of the effects.
I suffer from chronic pain and use opioids every waking moment, but they do not impair my ability to drive safely.
Of course "being on opioids" isn't a binary thing; my medicinal dose is very different from a recreational one.
This has very little to do with the properties of a drug itself, and more to do with the demographics (poverty, unemployment, overall disenfranchisement, environmental factors like urban density and access to services) of people who use other drugs; specically, that usage of these substances often correlates with such disenfranchisement.
In other words, the people currently using Kratom may not be the same people using other drugs, and their circumstances may be different.
(Not a comment on Kratom, which I don't know much about, besides its popularity in some websites)