JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KFVS) — Abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.7 bazosebenzisa i-kratom yezitshalo ngo-2021, ngokusho kocwaningo, kodwa abaningi manje bakhathazekile ngokusetshenziswa kwalo muthi kanye nokutholakala kwawo kabanzi.
I-American Kratom Association isanda kukhipha iseluleko sabathengi ezinkampanini ezingalandeli izindinganiso zayo.
Okulandelayo umbiko wokuthi owesifazane eFlorida ushone ngemuva kokuthatha umkhiqizo ongahlangabezani nezindinganiso zenhlangano.
I-Kratom iyisithako sesitshalo se-Mitraphyllum esivela eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, isihlobo esiseduze sesitshalo sekhofi.
Uma kukhulunywa ngemithamo ephezulu, umuthi ungasebenza njengesidakamizwa, usebenze ama-receptor afanayo nama-opioid, kusho odokotela. Eqinisweni, enye yezindlela ezivame ukusetshenziswa ngayo ukunciphisa ukuhoxiswa kwe-opioid.
Kukhona ingozi yemiphumela emibi ehlanganisa ubuthi besibindi, ukuquleka, ukwehluleka kokuphefumula, kanye nezinkinga zokusebenzisa izidakamizwa.
“Ukwehluleka kwe-FDA namuhla ukwenqaba kwabo ukulawula i-kratom. Yileyo inkinga,” kusho uMac Haddow, owaziwa nangokuthi i-Public Policy Fellow. “I-Kratom iwumkhiqizo ophephile uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele, yenziwe kahle futhi ilebula ngendlela efanele. Abantu badinga ukwazi kahle ukuthi bangawudala kanjani umkhiqizo ukuze baqaphele izinzuzo owunikezayo.”
Abameli bomthetho baseMissouri bethule umthethosivivinywa wokulawula i-kratom esifundazweni sonke, kodwa umthethosivivinywa awuzange udlule enkambisweni yesishayamthetho ngesikhathi.
I-General Assembly yaphasisa imithetho yokunciphisa ngo-2022, kodwa uGov. Mike Parson wayiphikisa. Umholi weRiphabhulikhi wachaza ukuthi le nguqulo yomthetho ichaza i-kratom njengokudla, okwephula umthetho kahulumeni.
Izifundazwe eziyisithupha zivimbele ngokuphelele i-kratom, okuhlanganisa i-Alabama, i-Arkansas, i-Indiana, i-Rhode Island, i-Vermont, ne-Wisconsin.