Welcome Back! Thank you so much for checking out this latest episode w/ former Huffpost reporter, Nick Wing!!  Nick Wing in my view and many others in the kratom community has been instrumental in helping to keep kratom legal in the US. He has done FOIA requests and uncovered in many instances where the government was reporting deaths caused by kratom or kratom associated deaths, were actually caused by other substances found in the body, serious underlying health conditions or extenuating circumstances. He is a journalist who covered the campaign to ban kratom for years as a reporter at HuffPost. He recently jumped ship to do criminal justice reform advocacy work at a nonprofit, but is still keeping an eye on the kratom world. 

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For full show notes: http://bit.ly/2P4SlBB 

Timeline: 

:50  - Nick Wing Teaser 

2:11 - Adam Kokesh Teaser 

3:24 - Update 

8:30  - Nick Wing Interview 

https://twitter.com/nickpwing https://bit.ly/2qzWZxt 

The Debate Over Kratom, An Opioid-Like Plant  Legal In Massachusetts https://cbsloc.al/31zCWvZ 

Parents Sue Kratom Company After Son Dies in Car Accident; Coroner Fought to Keep Autopsy Secret  https://bit.ly/35X7Bqu 

FDA Fails to Follow the Science on Kratom, Jane Babin, Ph.D., Esq. https://bit.ly/2MBDeOx 

FDA Releases Kratom Death Data, Undermines Its Own Claims About Drug’s Deadly Harms https://bit.ly/2MynbAS 

Ohio Pushes Kratom Ban With Disputed Claims About Deaths, Use Trends https://bit.ly/31AvJM7 

Georgia, John Grove Overdose story: Does Kratom Really Kill? Officials Aren't Telling Us The Whole Story. https://bit.ly/2Myc7E6 

New Kratom Death Reports Still Leave More Questions Than Answers https://bit.ly/2P98KF5 

CDC: Notes from the Field: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected — 27 States, July 2016–December 2017 https://bit.ly/35X91RQ 

The New England Journal of Medicine: Deaths in Colorado Attributed to Kratom https://bit.ly/2JbWwYy 

Feds Declare War On Herb Touted As A Solution To Opioid Addiction https://bit.ly/2W17d5u 

Feds Prepare For A New War On Kratom, An Herbal Drug Many Swear By https://bit.ly/2pIGs9L 

Kratom Users In States That Ban It Discuss How Prohibition Has Made Life Worse https://bit.ly/35VsaTQ  

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Zigzag" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Music by audionautix.com