GAS-STATION DRUGS ARE POISONING OUR COMMUNITIES
Communities are fighting back.
WHERE IT’S SOLD
- Gas stations
- Vape shops
- Online retailers
WHO IT TARGETS
- Teens & young adults
- People in recovery
- Unsuspecting consumers
WHAT HAPPENS
- Addiction & withdrawal
- ER visits / poison control
- Deaths with kratom detected
- Medical Records ChallengeKratom advocates demand autopsies and toxicology for harm – but offer only anecdotes for benefit. We demand one standard.Read more →
- Ethanol in kratom shotsIndependent lab tests found ethanol in retail kratom extracts – some at levels exceeding alcohol beverage limits.Review evidence →
- The InsultWhen lawmakers accept kratom anecdotes as medical evidence, they vote "no confidence" in every physician, nurse and pharmacist.Read commentary →
- SR‑17018: The New MarketHow whole‑leaf kratom advocates downplayed withdrawal – and created a retail industry for quitting.Learn more →
- AstroturfHow coordinated template campaigns and repeated advocacy language manufactured opposition to Ohio's kratom ban – overwhelming genuine voices.Read analysis →
- A Fig Leaf That Doesn't Cover the ProblemDEA's 7-OH scheduling proposal sets unenforceable numerical thresholds that no gas station clerk, smoke shop owner, or patrol officer can verify—leaving raw leaf kratom untouched while the market adapts and enforcement fails.Learn more →
- Weaponizing PainNorth Carolina's fiscal analysis reveals $5M in startup costs and $3.2M annually to regulate kratom—25 new employees, 19 officers, a new permitting section, and thousands of lab tests—all because personal anecdotes are being weaponized to justify keeping an imported psychoactive product on shelves at taxpayer expense.Learn more →
- The "No Kratom-Only Deaths" Fairy TalePeer-reviewed forensic literature documents multiple single-drug kratom fatalities – including case reports, medical-examiner findings, statewide mortality data, and national poison-center deaths – debunking the industry's "zero deaths" claim.Learn more →
INDUSTRY SPIN & DECEPTION
- American Kratom Association lobbying
- Jack Henningfield & OxyContin parallels
- KCPA: market protection, not public health
- Same tactics as Big Tobacco
The kratom industry uses sophisticated messaging to block regulation. They push "consumer protection" bills that actually protect their profits.
Learn how they mislead lawmakers and the media — and how you can expose the truth.
UNCOVER INDUSTRY SPIN →THE EVIDENCE
“We didn’t know what it was until it was too late. It was next to the energy drinks.”
More parents’ voices: “My son started buying it at a vape shop. Within a year he was in the ER.” — T. Reynolds
SEE THE EVIDENCE →TAKE ACTION NOW
State Action Hub
While some states have already banned kratom, many still allow it — and only a full Schedule I ban can stop the harm. These are the states where action is needed right now: active bills, urgent hearings, and campaigns demanding a real ban. Find your state and take action.
! LET’S TAKE FEDERAL ACTION NOW
State fights are crucial, but real change requires federal action. Congress can schedule kratom and stop this dangerous substance from being sold in every gas station and vape shop across the country.
CONTACT CONGRESS →