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Kratom - think DS(1) maybe using this

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lazymumofteenagesons · 14/10/2009 17:03

Does anyone know anything about this substance. All I can find out is that it is herbal and legal. What damage can it cause?

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sarasusie123 · 14/10/2009 18:04

www.sagewisdom.org/kratomguide.html
thekratomguide.com/are-there-dangerous-side-effec ts.html

Try these links

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lazymumofteenagesons · 14/10/2009 18:38

Thanks. I'll have a look.

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lazymumofteenagesons · 14/10/2009 18:45

Well that was interesting. Where did this stuff suddenly appear from? I must be way out of date, I'd never heard of it. I'm not sure whether to confront him about it, cos I shouldn't have been looking in his room.Put something away in his cupboard and found plastic bags of the stuff.

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overmydeadbody · 14/10/2009 18:47

Is it dangerous?

overmydeadbody · 14/10/2009 18:48

Leaves or powder?

TAFKAtheUrbanDryad · 14/10/2009 18:49

What makes you think it's this, specifically, rather than something else?

TAFKAtheUrbanDryad · 14/10/2009 18:50

Oh, just seen you found plastic bags of it.

Sorry.

overmydeadbody · 14/10/2009 18:50

Soiunds pretty harmless to me, from reading that stuff. Probably best not to confront him about it but keep a close eye on him to see if you can see it when he's on it?

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lazymumofteenagesons · 14/10/2009 19:58

It was a powder and the bags had labels on them saying what they were, otherwise I wouldn't have recognised it.

Ok it seems less dangerous than other options. I will watch him to see if I notice any behaviour changes and go from that angle if I notice anything.

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TAFKAtheUrbanDryad · 14/10/2009 20:31

Might it be worth just having a chat with him about it? I mean - it's not as if you were snooping around? I always think that having an open approach to stuff like this is healthy in families.

Just stress that you're not cross, or going to stop him doing it - but why is he doing it? What sort of effect does it have?

Sorry if I'm out of line - my dc are still babies so we're not at that stage yet - but (as a former recreational drug user) I do feel that openness and honesty on things like this can work well.

mummyflood · 15/10/2009 08:30

Interesting! Have 15yr old & 13yr olds myself, and I would definitely be at least curious as to where he came by it, and definitely why he is taking it. Does he know himself exactly what it is? Herbal it may be, but it has recognised effects by the sounds of it, and I would definitely want to know what he is getting from it, iyswim. How old is he, btw?

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lazymumofteenagesons · 15/10/2009 22:24

He is 18,in his final year at school. I think he has bought it off the internet. If another package arrives I will enquire as to what is in it.

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TheBossofMe · 15/10/2009 22:32

Wow - I read that your DS aged 1 was using it! I was very impressed with his online skills....

TheBossofMe · 15/10/2009 22:32

Damn - my italics don't work.

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