I'm Pain Warrior Number 0. I'm also a fierce Chronic Pain Patient Advocate/Writer because I believe in Compassion, Empathy and Humanity for all souls.

Joined August 2014
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Hey everyone! We still need a lot more Signatures on this Kratom Petition for Michigan! Please share it with everybody that you know! We can't let any States fall, especially MI because a blanket kratom ban there will spread to the entire East in a domino effect! c.org/cLZXL5tqCS
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This entire narrative based on LIES! Stop the Kratom bans!
Millions of Americans use kratom. Most aren't addicts. Most aren't in recovery. Most are just adults making their own choices. On July 1, Tennessee won't be solving a public health crisis it will be creating one by taking options away from thousands of law-abiding residents. #Kratom #Tennessee #ProtectKratom #Kratom #Tennessee #ProtectKratom
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Say no to all forms of oral buprenorphine. Belbuca “Bel-Puka” @🔥🔱 Sauron, The Abhorred 🔱🔥: I started Belbuca in 2023. As of right now, I have lost so SO many teeth. Please people, from one pain patient to another— DO NOT TAKE IT!
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Yes they aren't ignorant. They know their prohibitions will kill people. We've got over 100 years of evidence to back it up. These people are dangerous and nefarious.
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💔💔💔This coordinated attack on kratom in numerous States has inflicted an unprecedented horrific psychological trauma on countless kratom users that rely on this plant to manage severe levels of chronic pain, alleviate PTSD, relieve depression or manage addiction. Kratom leaf gave them a good quality of life which allowed them to be functional and now ignorant and misinformed politicians are threatening to take away this plant. I've spoken to many kratom users with impending kratom bans and they relay that they feel extremely stressed, very depressed, suicidal and feel deep despair that they could lose access to kratom even though it's the only thing that has worked for their health issues. This is a serious criminal act against Americans because it is the equivalent of having a loaded psychological gun pointed at their heads and at any moment that gun can go off shattering everything in their lives...for many people, losing access to kratom would shackle them to their beds rotting away, physically unable to do anything due to severe levels of uncontrollable pain. This is the reason that there are kratom users who have made plans to take their own lives or have already made that ultimate decision. Lawmakers are not acknowledging that banning this leafy plant that allowed people to be functional and to participate in their daily life is causing a major increase in suicidal risk and suicidal ideation among kratom users. Neither is the media. I feel that this crucial issue needs to be addresed because it is affecting many Americans nationwide. 💔💔💔 #KratomBans #MIPolicy #Kratom
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One of the biggest cons in America's history is demonizing all opioids typically used for legit physical pain in the past. Yet pushing chronic pain patients/intractable pain patients, cancer patients, hospice patients, Veterans, etc to use Suboxone which is also an opioid. Yet they barely speak about it being an opioid and that people can get high off of it if it's misused and even when taken properly. I know these facts quite well because as a chronic pain patient advocate, I have heard countless nighmare Suboxone stories over the years. Since all opioids are demonized and the word "addiction" has been weaponized so that laws/regulations are created based on a politicians beliefs who knows nothing about medicine and should not even be involved in the conversation between a physician and their patient. And like I said earlier, one of the biggest con in modern medicine because it affects the entire country is that they made physicians and the public believe that the only legit opioid due to opioid hysteria is Suboxone. #ChronicPain #OpioidCrisis #OpioidHysteria #MIPolicy
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👊🫶As always, Sarah is speaking the truth about CRITICAL conversations that need to be heard. If kratom leaf has improved your quality of life, PLEASE SPEAK UP for yourself, for someone who can't because they are in too much physical or emotional pain, for patients that have been abandoned by their physicians, for someone who knows nothing about this kratom war and for those future kratom users who haven't even experienced the amazing beneficial results of this plant yet. Your Voice is NEEDED in this fight to preserve the right to use plant based medicines. Without a doubt, YOUR Story can help save countless lives. With that being said, please consider sending your story to: kratomsaveslives7@gmail.com I am collecting stories to give to lawmakers during meetings or hearings. Your story is very compelling and powerful-it can make such a big difference in shaping kratom policy. So like Sarah said, PLEASE SPEAK UP!! Thank you everyone!🩷🩷🩷 #Kratomban #Kratom #MIKratomban #KratomPolicy
🌿 Every kratom advocate matters. The truth is, lawmakers, reporters, and the public don't need another statistic they need to hear from real people. If kratom has helped you stay active, get through a difficult time, manage discomfort, improve your quality of life, or simply be a better version of yourself, your story matters. Too often, decisions are made by people who have never met the millions of responsible adults who use kratom. That's why it's so important for advocates to speak up, share their experiences, and educate others about what kratom is—and what it isn't. You don't have to be an expert. You don't need a large following. You just need your voice. Tell your story. Share accurate information. Have respectful conversations. Help others understand why protecting access to natural kratom matters. The future of kratom won't be shaped by companies or organizations alone. It will be shaped by everyday people willing to stand up and say, "This plant made a difference in my life." Your story could be the one that changes a mind, influences a lawmaker, or helps someone feel less alone. 🌿 Speak up. Share your experience. Be an advocate. @siennagsd @KratomStory @rsdcrpsfire
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Replying to @painmednews
What you call stewardship the patient calls torture. The amount of honest citizens driven to street drugs/violence/prison and even suicide by your feelings driven policies should be criminalized.
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"sketchy gas station opioids"... No. It's a medicinal plant. That by the way is far less intoxicating in it's natural form than cannabis lol.
Replying to @GrimmGreen
Tryna lump cannabis users with sketchy gas station opioids is crazy work
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These are the kinds of people being called "drug addicts" & "junkies" 🙄 So many of us are just normal, upright people, who have contributed & simply want to continue to contribute to society, & live respectable lives. Stop the slander & hysteria. Support reasonable regulation.
Kratom Briefing Andrew Turner interview youtu.be/beyqmJGEkng?si=8C52… via @YouTube
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With all due respect, talking about "addiction" non-stop has led to an absolute crisis of pain patient abandonment, forced opioid tapers, and untreated pain, bc everyone is seen through the lens of addiction. You want to help? Acknowledge the millions upon millions of sick citizens, most elderly, who are left for dead in the name of "prevention."
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The Ohio Board of Pharmacy received over 1,400 public comments on kratom. Approximately 95% OPPOSED the proposed ban. The Board’s approach changed after the comment period. Ohioans deserve transparency on how those comments were considered. @Rob_McColley @matthuffman1 @OhioAG @OhioJCARR @gongwer
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Ohio's Board of Pharmacy moved to Schedule I kratom in January 2026. No documented death from kratom alone in the state. Opioid overdoses killed more than 4,000 Ohioans in the last year on record. The threat level in the policy does not match the threat level in the data.
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Replying to @ShunaNocturna
Imagine walking around all day with a pebble in your shoe. Removing the pebble changes how you feel, but it doesn't necessarily create a new sensation. It just removes something unpleasant that was there before. That's what kratom is like for me.
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If plain leaf kratom "ruined your life" you probably needed a therapist long before kratom entered the picture
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💚💚I can't express how EXTREMELY IMPORTANT t it is to get kratom testimonials into the hands of lawmakers. Please consider sending your plain leaf kratom testimonial to me at: kratomsaveslives7@gmail.com All States are more than welcome to participate! Your Kratom Testimonial is a powerful way to compel lawmakers to act so that plain leaf kratom remains legal. I know it's difficult to be vulnerable and share your story but it helps us advocate for our rights to use plant based medicine. Every single kratom testimonial tips the scale more in our favor. I'm working on a website so that kratom testimonials are displayed, of course with the kratom user's permission to do so.
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The news articles that say finasteride or SSRIs "may" cause or increase the risk of sexual dysfunction and depression are such a minimization of what these drugs can actually cause: anhedonia, emotional blunting, cognitive dysfunction, bone-related issues, muscle wasting, physical changes, and much more. And to not emphasize that these changes can be permanent is a serious slap in the face to those suffering. I can't believe we're still at this stage of highlighting the absolute bare minimum of this harm.
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It’s strange how ancient remedies get mocked until pharmaceutical companies patent a synthetic version of it, and suddenly it’s called innovation.
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It seems like the 7-OH bans (and to a lesser extent kratom bans) are just clearing the competition for this new mitragynine kratom alkaloid pharmaceutical drug. kratomvote.org
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A MAJOR CRISIS we have in healthcare is the way that America minimizes intractable, torturous pain. The medical hellscape deliberately minimizes how much this type of horrific pain can affect every single thing a person does and how it affects every facet of their life. Nothing is left untouched when severe, intractable pain invades a person's body due to a life-changing disease or a catastrophic injury. This type of brutal pain relentlessly permeates every second of their life without mercy. I believe we need a MAJOR RESET in the way that America's medical professionals percieve chronic pain if the goal is to save lives. And I believe to ignore this type of horrifc pain is a SERIOUS INJUSTICE to any patient trying to navigate the medical hellscape... #MIChronicPain #IntractablePain #ChronicPainPatient #MIKratom #MichiganKratomPolicy
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