By focusing on the several deaths, they sidestep the much bigger, more pernicious issue of addiction.

It also wrecks your digestion—constipation while using, then weeks of diarrhea when you quit.
7-OH will almost certainly be banned everywhere eventually, but until then, countless bodies and minds will be damaged. Please share this with everyone.

Within weeks, tolerance skyrockets. When you try to quit, the withdrawals are sheer torture. Finances collapse, marriages fall apart. Even if you do manage to stop, dopamine levels crash, suicidal thoughts can take over, and your brain may not function properly for months.

It’s marketed as a form of kratom, just a harmless herbal product, but in reality it’s a potent synthetic opioid coming out of China, and it’s far worse than heroin. That isn’t hyperbole. Someone I love is hooked on it now, and it’s absolutely monstrous.

He looks mostly terrible. Stats are deceptive in this game.

I met him once in an antique store in Palm Springs. He sat and talked with us for 45 minutes. The kindest, dearest, most sympathetic person. He spoke openly about his painful childhood. No defenses.

They "promised" there would be a vote. If that promise were in writing, at least it would be something. Yes, of course, the House would refuse to take up the bill, but then at least we would have GOP senators officially raising those premiums on a stand-alone bill. But, sadly, it's just a promise.

Also, all gifts given to the president are the property of the American people. Do we really think he is not going to try to abscond with them?