I-JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KFVS) - Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.7 abantu baseMelika abazosebenzisa i-kratom yezitshalo ngonyaka ka-2021, ngokocwaningo, kodwa abaningi manje bakhathazekile ngokusetshenziswa komuthi nokutholakala kabanzi.
I-American Kratom Association isanda kukhipha iseluleko sabathengi sezinkampani ezingalandeli izindinganiso zayo.
Okulandelayo umbiko othi kushone owesifazane waseFlorida ngemuva kokuthatha umkhiqizo ongahambisani nemigomo kasoseshini.
I-Kratom iyisitshalo se-Mitraphyllum esivela eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, isihlobo esiseduze sesitshalo sekhofi.
Ngemithamo ephezulu, umuthi ungasebenza njengesidakamizwa, wenze ama-receptors afanayo nama-opioid, odokotela bathi. Eqinisweni, okunye ukusetshenziswa kwayo okuvamile ukunciphisa ukuhoxiswa kwe-opioid.
Kukhona ingozi yemiphumela engemihle ehlanganisa i-hepatotoxicity, ukuquleka, ukwehluleka ukuphefumula, kanye nokuphazamiseka kokusebenzisa izidakamizwa.
“Ukwehluleka kwe-FDA namuhla ukwenqaba kwabo ukulawula i-kratom. Inkinga leyo,” kusho uMac Haddow, u-AKA Public Policy Fellow. “I-Kratom iwumkhiqizo ophephile uma isetshenziswa ngokuzibophezela, ikhiqizwa ngendlela efanele futhi ilebula ngokufanelekile. Abantu badinga ukwazi kahle ukuthi bawenza kanjani umkhiqizo ukuze bathole izinzuzo eziwunikezayo.”
Izishayamthetho zaseMissouri zethule umthethosivivinywa wokulawula ikratom ezweni lonke, kodwa lo mthethosivivinywa awuzange udlule inqubo yomthetho ngesikhathi.
I-General Assembly yaphasisa ngempumelelo imithetho mayelana nokunqunywa ngo-2022, kodwa uHulumeni uMike Parson wakuphikisa. Umholi weRiphabhulikhi wachaza ukuthi le nguqulo yomthetho ichaza i-kratom njengokudla, okuphula umthetho wenhlangano.
Izifundazwe eziyisithupha ziyivimbele ngokuphelele i-kratom, okuhlanganisa i-Alabama, i-Arkansas, i-Indiana, i-Rhode Island, i-Vermont, ne-Wisconsin.