Prescribing opioids in the US is heavily monitored and scrutinized now. Doctors (and NPs, of which my mother is one) have to document the justification, meet state law restrictions, verify the prescription drug monitoring checks with their state, and complete the EHR workflows[†] before they can send in the prescription. There are more checks after that too that the pharmacist has to complete, and the insurance company will have oversight checks they'll do as well.

Not saying people can't or won't get addicted to the drugs prescribed by doctors, but there's a lot more checks and oversight to it (these days) than there is for kratom right now.

[†] At least in my mother's case, their EHR system will also flag opioid prescriptions for review by a board.

> but my most common use is actually ADHD treatment

Glad it's working out for you. My partner's brother had been trying to do the same and it has completely changed him for the worse. Blown up his job, marriage, relationship with his young children, and he's damned fortunate that his siblings were raised better than me 'cause if it were my brother we'd be done already.

Adderall had always worked fine for him but we're living in a world where it's exceedingly difficult to keep a Schedule II drug prescription active and fulfilled.

Youve never heard of someone being addicted but youve been taking it nearly every day for a decade? Do you hear yourself?

> This is a very overblown assertion about kratom. I've heard of people getting addicted, but no one I've known personally has ever had any issues.

My brother in law has a horrible kratom addiction. He now lives in a car with no insurance.

> I have been using kratom almost daily for about a decade

Hmm...