Kratom and the DSHEA act of 1994 ??

[Smokenfireball]

I've noticed this floating around social media. Can anyone verify if this is true?

ANYONE WHO CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTED PROOF OF KRATOM BEING BOUGHT OR SOLD IN THE U.S. PRIOR TO OCTOBER 15th 1994 NEEDS TO CONTACT THE
AKA IMMEDIATELY.

According to a provision in the DSHEA Act of 1994, if we can prove kratom sales took place within the US prior to 10/15/94 kratom would be grandfathered in as a dietary supplement and protected.
During that time there indeed was significant commerce of Kratom through smoke shops and ethnic South East Asian stores, its just not well documented. Getting a hold of those records of sale would be a total game changer in our fight to protect kratom.

*this info was given during the AKA webinar that took place on 12/12/18.

[Kunlong]

If they put it out like that I bet they wlll get something.

That would be really great!

[MetalMamaRocks]

It's true and the AKA and other advocates have been searching for years to find some proof that it was here before 1994. It would also be hard to prove because nothing was online back then so the vendor would have to have some form of proof on paper.

Some guy down in Florida looked promising a while back but that didn't pan out. Maybe something will come to light now. Crossing fingers ...

[e_poison]

I don't want to sound like a naysayer but I find it extremely hard to believe they are just going to roll over and say, "Oh, you have a old receipt for kratom from before 1994? Okay, well why didn't you say so? Our bad. Let's stop the import seizures immediately."

I mean, it would be absolutely amazing if this would actually happen, but I highly doubt they're going to call the dogs off because someone can produce an old proof of sale. They will use every trick in the book to tiptoe around the law and keep doing what they're currently doing.

In any case, this is really interesting information. I'm going to look into this act and see how valid this claim actually is.