Latest developments on the ban View this email in your browser Activism Update The uncertainty surrounding the DEA's intent to ban kratom could be dispelled this week. If the DEA does not yield before the 30th, the fight against this government abuse of power will continue. We will post periodic updates as new information comes to light.



At least 47 Representatives have signed the “Dear Colleague” letter asking the DEA to “delay finalizing the decision to define Kratom as a schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act and to engage consumers, researchers, and other stakeholders, in keeping with well-established protocol for such matters.” Together in a separate letter, the Representatives also ask the Office of Management and Budget to use its “statutory authority” to overrule the DEA's action. The letters will be officially delivered today, Monday the 26th. Lawyers for the AKA have written another letter, the contents of which are not publicly known, to be delivered to the DEA today as well.



On Friday, the American Kratom Association, the American Herbal Products Association, the Botanical Education Alliance, and National Strategies - a consulting firm hired, using donations, to engage the public influential leaders in government to enlist their support - held a conference call to discuss the status of their actions over the last couple of weeks. This is a very encouraging look into the behind-the-scenes efforts of some very generous people to protect the legality of kratom.



Please listen to the full recording, as it provides valuable insight into the extraordinary successes achieved by the AKA and its associates in a short amount of time:

https://youtu.be/zd1OAaiEo3c



Join the American Kratom Association facebook group for the latest updates. Also monitor the public AKA page. Finally, join the email list at the AKA homepage.



Your donations are desperately needed regardless of what happens this week. The AKA will continue to fight as long as there is money to pay for it. Our voices united stand a very good chance of setting right this injustice.



DONATE HERE: http://www.americankratom.org/donate/ Focus on the Senate A letter similar to the one sent by the Representatives will begin circulation in the Senate as early as today. This week, the AKA asks that you focus your attention on your state's senators. Please go to the following page to find the phone number for your senators' offices, and ask them to sign the letter asking that the DEA delay action on kratom. If they are unaware of it, mention it should be coming shortly, and say simply that you are against a ban on kratom.



http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/



Additionally, the Drug Policy Alliance has issued a complementary call to action, asking that you call all of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Share your story if you have one, and say: “I am calling to urge the Senate Judiciary Committee members to tell the DEA not to ban kratom. With the U.S. currently suffering from an overdose epidemic linked to opioids, the DEA is criminalizing a plant many people use to help with opioid withdrawal. If kratom is placed on the list of Schedule I drugs, people that possess kratom will face long prison sentences, and scientific investigation into its medicinal benefits will effectively be halted. Please tell the DEA not to ban kratom. Thank you.”



Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) - (202) 224-3744

Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - (202) 224-4242

Orrin Hatch (R-UT) - (202) 224-5251

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - (202) 224-3841

Jeff Sessions (R-AL) - (202) 224-4124

Chuck Schumer (D-NY) - (202) 224-6542

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) - (202) 224-5972

Dick Durbin (D-IL) - (202) 224-2152

John Cornyn (R-TX) - (202) 224-2934

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) - (202) 224-2921

Mike Lee (R-UT) - (202) 224-5444

Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) - (202) 224-3244

Ted Cruz (R-TX) - (202) 224-5922

Al Franken (D-MN) - (202) 224-5641

Jeff Flake (R-AR) - (202) 224-4521

Chris Coons (D-DE) - (202) 224-5042

David Vitter (R-LA) - (202) 224-4623

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) - (202) 224-2823

David Perdue (R-GA) - (202) 224-3521

Thom Tillis (R-NC) - (202) 224-6342



With many thousands of calls, the Senate will be forced to take notice and hopefully bend to public pressure. Please set aside a few minute this week, preferably Monday or Tuesday, to call, at the very least, your two senators. Latest Media Coverage 45 Congressmen Ask DEA Not to Ban Kratom Next Week



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