kratom use will certainly not ruin your life, there is a saying in malaysa, saying woman, marry a kratom chewer and not a pot smoker, the chewers are working, the pot smokers are lazy.
i predict a future when most psychotropic plants, will be legal again, because the sience will proof us sab'ers right.
people like john howard and his advisors, are uneducated, and made there decisions, not understanding the ethno community's knowledge.
a lot of doctors and psychiatrist are already on our side!