Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat is Kratom? A friend of the family just died today. And that was the last thing he was using. Is it like K2? What type of high is it?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat is Kratom? A friend of the family just died today. And that was the last thing he was using. Is it like K2? What type of high is it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareJaderick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·4 days agoKratom is an opiate-like plant-based drug that gives users a boost of energy, but is addictive like actual opiates.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAs far as I know (and I very much could be wrong) “opiate like” isn’t really a thing. Opiates are classified by their interactions with your body, not by the drug. So, if they’re interacting with the opiate receptors, they’re opiates.
minus-squareJaderick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agohttps://www.azarius.com/wiki/ethnobotanicals/kratom/kratom-vs-opioids It’s an agonist for the opiate target receptors which is why I say opiate-like.
Kratom is an opiate-like plant-based drug that gives users a boost of energy, but is addictive like actual opiates.
As far as I know (and I very much could be wrong) “opiate like” isn’t really a thing. Opiates are classified by their interactions with your body, not by the drug. So, if they’re interacting with the opiate receptors, they’re opiates.
https://www.azarius.com/wiki/ethnobotanicals/kratom/kratom-vs-opioids
It’s an agonist for the opiate target receptors which is why I say opiate-like.