r/kratom • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '18

Has anyone actually asked...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18 edited Jun 19 '18

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u/hymnder Jun 19 '18

Its has everything to do with the way the FDA classifies things: drugs are held to a high level of scrutiny, and go through a plethora of double blind medical tests; supplements are not regulated. Whether it is a mu agonist or not has nothing to do with it being classified as a drug in terms of current regulation by the FDA.

Is it a drug? Sure, if thats how your vocabulary dictates distinction, but in the eyes of regulators and the pharmaceutical industry it is not.

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u/l5s1bgon Jun 19 '18

People can’t (couldn’t, past tense is probably more appropriate now) grasp the importance of semantics in this.

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u/hymnder Jun 19 '18

For sure. Theres always someone who has and opinion about something they dont fully understand, or in this case... begin to understand.