JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KFVS) — Malinga ndi kafukufuku wina, anthu aku America oposa 1.7 miliyoni adzagwiritsa ntchito kratom ya zomera mu 2021, koma ambiri tsopano akuda nkhawa ndi momwe mankhwalawa amagwiritsidwira ntchito komanso kupezeka kwake m'malo ambiri.
Bungwe la American Kratom Association posachedwapa lapereka uphungu kwa makampani omwe satsatira miyezo yake.
Chotsatira ndi lipoti lakuti mayi wina ku Florida anamwalira atamwa mankhwala omwe sanakwaniritse miyezo ya bungweli.
Kratom ndi chotsitsa cha chomera cha Mitraphyllum chochokera ku Southeast Asia, chomwe ndi wachibale wapafupi wa chomera cha khofi.
Madokotala amati mankhwalawa amatha kugwira ntchito ngati mankhwala, zomwe zimathandiza kuti ma receptor omwewo agwire ntchito ngati ma opioid. Ndipotu, chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi kuchepetsa kusiya kugwiritsa ntchito ma opioid.
Pali chiopsezo cha zotsatirapo zoyipa monga kuopsa kwa chiwindi, khunyu, kulephera kupuma, komanso matenda ogwiritsira ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
"Kulephera kwa FDA lerolino ndi kukana kwawo kulamulira kratom. Vuto ndilo," anatero Mac Haddow, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Public Policy Fellow. "Kratom ndi chinthu chotetezeka chikagwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera, chopangidwa bwino komanso cholembedwa moyenera. Anthu ayenera kudziwa bwino momwe angapangire chinthu kuti azindikire ubwino wake."
Aphungu a nyumba yamalamulo ku Missouri adayambitsa lamulo lolamulira kratom m'boma lonse, koma lamuloli silinadutse munthawi yake.
Msonkhano Waukulu unavomereza malamulo okhudza kuchepetsa msonkho mu 2022, koma Bwanamkubwa Mike Parson anakana. Mtsogoleri wa chipani cha Republican anafotokoza kuti lamuloli limafotokoza kratom ngati chakudya, zomwe zimaphwanya lamulo la federal.
Mayiko asanu ndi limodzi aletsa kratom kwathunthu, kuphatikizapo Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island, Vermont, ndi Wisconsin.