there's a massive opioid epidemic in the United States the most recent report
from the CDC is that 72,000 people are dying each year from the opioid crisis
and we've had a leaf yes a leaf called kratom that has been
introduced in a supposed to help be an answer to the opioid crisis as well as
withdrawal and I just got done watching Netflix documentary call it a leap of
faith and it is all about kratom so we're gonna be talking about this and I
might get some flak some of you might agree with me but it's a very
interesting topic so make sure that you stay tuned to this entire video what is
up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is
all about helping people improve their mental health but it's also about
addiction recovery I have six years clean and sober from opioids so I like
to talk about these subjects and all that kind of stuff so if you're down
with that make sure you subscribe and bring that notification bell so I've
only done one video on kratom before okay
there's another channel out there called sight substance and yeah he he was
making videos about Chrome and I watched him make but he talked about getting off
of kratom and I did a commentary on it it was like an hour-long video and in
droves people came at me like the creative community will just come and
try to eat you alive and like that might happen again with this video but again
watch the entire video because I don't think people truly understand my stance
on kratom but anyways I'm really trying to do a collab with psych substance
because you saw that video and you left this comment right here so like he
pretty much agreed with what I was saying and basically what happened was
he was using kratom and you know he got off of it and there was withdrawal and
he added you know a little bit of an addiction to it and stuff like that
so anyways I want to talk about the truth about kratom and I want to talk
about this documentary I want to go over a few things in it
the documentary very well done but with any documentary with any documentary
there's an agenda right I did a review of the documentary take your pills which
is about ADHD medications like ritalin and it's because a lot of people were
defending the use of things like you know the goal of that documentary was to
talk about the abuse of it you know what I'm saying
so this documentary a leaf of faith it clearly had the agenda of pro kratom
okay now the the filmmaker who made this Chris he was a ex bodybuilder he was
also an ex opioid addict and he had a lot of pain in his life and like many
opioid addicts in our country right they started out with prescription opioids
and then they progressed into an addiction whether it went further down
the rabbit hole of prescription opioids like mine did or the heroin so anyways
he's been clean from opioids but he still had pain he's tried everything for
his pain not much helps so he started to use kratom so I will say this from the
standpoint of pain management like cool like kratom is a much safer alternative
than opioids it just is that's a fact much safer alternative to opioids okay
for chronic pain like I'm a person I'm a recovering prescription drug addict but
I was abusing opioids not for pain like I was doing it just to get high I can't
imagine you know physical pain like you know problems with your spine or just
other issues like the people who I see get clean off that like my hat is off to
them because they still gotta live with that pain so from that standpoint of
pain management yes but something that I'll touch on a little bit later is the
the lack of regulation okay so some channels here on YouTube actually got
banned and deleted because of kratom use or talking about kratom or showing
kratom or or linking out to websites reading get kratom and it's a very very
tricky subject i'm very tricky subject i guess the main thing i want to say in
this video just in case you don't watch the whole thing is the problem
I see with kratom is that both sides lie both sides laugh and that's the issue
like I'm a man where I try to look logic okay and it's just like just tell the
truth don't try to lie to push your agenda like that doesn't help anybody
doesn't help anybody at all like for example like the opioid crisis happened
because they're like hey these these medications aren't addictive
yeah oxycontin is pretty addictive but they lied about it so what happens with
kratom is that you have both sides lying about it to push their agenda and
nobody's getting the right information so you have the procreative people who
say it's not addictive and it doesn't cause withdrawal that is a bunch of crap
it is addictive and it can cause withdrawal okay but then you have the
other side who's anti kratom and they try to say that people die from kratom
no they don't okay how about everybody just is honest
about the situation and we work towards a solution so like a lot of people think
that I'm anti kratom I'm not I don't care whatever like if you can do it and
it's legal and you don't develop an addiction to it cool kudos to you but
just to lie about it you know what I mean
so like the people who like the interview in this documentary like
there's so many of them and you're like oh my god like like there's a bar in
there where people just go there for like crazy mutes like it is sit at the
bar they drink kratom tea and stuff like that and they're like no this isn't a
duo no there's no problem like what so where's my research come from I have had
countless people countless people like I said I did a review of the site
substance video and like he went through withdrawal throughout that entire thing
because I've experienced opioid withdrawal oh my yo these withdrawals
symptoms are exactly like opioids right and in the documentary they talked to
neuroscientists and things like that about how it attaches to the same
receptors like yes you will withdraw from it it gives you the the same
stimulus in the pleasure centers of your brain like yes it can become addictive
one of the arguments are they try to push in the documentary is like well so
are different foods like sugar salts and facts
okay cool like yeah that's an issue like one of the issues with kratom is is that
people aren't getting down to the root of the problem so like for example they
talked to this mother whose son died and they try to point to that case as he
died from kratom use no he didn't okay like I have had over 70 people die in
the last three years from overdose and suicide okay and this young man who was
using kratom committed suicide he was also on antidepressants and other things
but the mother explains that the son was stealing from her so he can buy kratom
and things like that yes this is something that can happen you see what I
mean like so it can be addictive probably the best person in this entire
documentary is this guy I forgot his name but he like has a creative company
and like this dude is so by-the-book like he doesn't have to test his
products but he does you know what I mean and like towards the end of the
documentary spoiler like they fund some kratom research like he wants to get it
approved I'm like yes yes yes yes yes like this dude is like trying to do this
thing the right way like because there are some instances where kratom has been
laced with other things it's causing other medical issues and that's the
other thing with the procreative people like no no no it wasn't kratom that was
laced with fentanyl well yeah like isn't that an issue like doesn't this thing
need to be regulated to make sure that this isn't happening so yeah I do
believe that we need to fund more research and things like that because
kratom can't help with withdrawal and things and all that stuff but the one of
the issues is is like and I won't dive into things like methadone and suboxone
and stuff like that like for me my addiction was that I was miserable in
life I didn't have physical pain I had emotional pain and I was self-medicating
with drugs and alcohol I made another video that will link up in the info card
just about how addictions everywhere I don't want to be a slave to any
substance again you know what I mean and for people to lie and say that kratom
isn't addictive it's just complete garbage like we need to start attacking
the real problem and the root causes so one of my biggest gripes with this
entire documentary is they keep starting to use the word pain right pain
interchangeably physical pain and emotional pain
and they keep saying this thing like emotional pain affects the body in the
same way the physical pain does no it doesn't stop okay in some cases yes like
certain centers of the brain or trigger like the same ones that would be
triggered when it comes to physical pain but there's a huge difference between
the two like if you have like if you have like a palm with like nerve endings
or you know yeah a spinal problem or broken bones or whatever like that like
this is way way way different than emotional pain you want to know why you
want to know why because of evidence-based therapy okay like things
like EMDR for PTSD so EMDR is one of the most effective therapies for people who
have suffered from trauma so like we we have a problem in this country that
people refuse to address where we are taught from a young age that you can
overcome or you can manage any issue whether it's physical or mental by
ingesting something and that's an issue you don't always have to do that so like
some of the people that he interviews in this like they talk about like how
they're worried that this can become the new drug that people turn to abuse
especially if it's not regulated you know what I mean like kids can get it
and things like that so like I do believe that there needs to be more
resources and more funding for the research and I'm glad that they're doing
that because I think it might be you know I
would rather let's put it this way I would rather somebody go through like
a medically supervised kratom detox then go through like you know with suboxone
or methadone you know what I mean I would rather them use kratom than
suboxone a methadone so that's something but it's under
medical supervision you see what I mean so like going back to this thing being
addictive the the filmmaker in it Chris he ends up going back to the treatment
center that he went to the guy who's working with says you know I've had
people come in here for kratom addiction yes yes yes yes yes yes
my treatment setting that I was working at I had people coming into treatment
with a kratom addiction how can it not be addictive if people's lives are being
ruined in the same way as other drugs and alcohol if like is it not addictive
like what what do you will is natural like people coming
for wheat addictions as people who go in for gambling addiction sex addictions
like like I'm saying just don't lie about it so the one thing that I found
interesting and like like there's a really rough conversation to have but
when Chris is talking to the people at the treatment center he went through
like you can see like this kind of like emotional turmoil in him he's like am I
not clean anymore because I'm taking kratom for pain you know what I mean
like the guy he was talking to like he gave a pretty good answer and it's just
there needs to be more research and stuff but I get like not even again I'll
say this right now for people who are in recovery there are ways to use
medications without abusing them and the definition of a relapse it's a it's a
weird topic maybe I'll do a whole video on that but in my opinion like if Chris
is taking kratom you know for pain management but you can't even say he's
taking it as prescribed because it's not even approved by the FDA you know but
it's it's just interesting like it's something that I I wouldn't use like
because of the addictive qualities like especially if it's hitting the same
centers of the brain that opioids do like my last relapse started with one
vicodin pill so if you give me some kratom like I might be off and running
all over again so I guess all in this video by just saying like like yes
kratom needs more research kratom should be legal kratom should be just as legal
as marijuana in my opinion but it needs to be regulated and we need to talk
about the truth about kratom the truth is is that yes you can become addicted
yes you can become physically dependent and no people don't die from kratom
overdose all right anyways like I hope you know those of you pro kratom people
don't blow me up too bad in the comments I'm just gonna reply did you watch the
whole video because I am pro kratom it's just it needs to be regulated and done
in a better way that's it anyways I would love to know your thoughts about
kratom or if you have any experience with it leave them down in the comments
below alright so thank you so so much for
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