Nick Pell

Well, at lower doses, it binds to the adrenergic receptors more.

Once you start taking higher doses, it's going to bind to the opioid receptors more.

There's actually a sweet spot where you can get it hitting both.

Takes about half an hour to kick in, lasts about four to six hours, maybe more if you took a lot.

What's considered a lot?

More than 15 grams, I guess, is what I read.

Again, I've never done this, so this is a totally academic exercise for me.

That's about correct.

Yeah, it's been used in Thailand and Indonesia more or less since the beginning of time.

Manual laborers have been known to chew on the leaves for stamina and mild euphoria.

You can get it in powder, capsules, extracts like gummies or tea.

For what it's worth, Thailand banned it for decades and only recently have they legalized it for medicinal purposes only.

It's also worth noting that these guys in Thailand were just chewing on leaves, whereas Westerners are going to go get pills or extracts or other more concentrated forms of kratom.

That's a pretty good analogy.

I've had both tea made from coca leaves and, you know, cocaine.

I was getting ocular surgery and they let me do a couple bumps off my key.

Sure.

Powder cocaine is not like a stronger form of coca leaf tea.

It is a completely different beast.

I don't think I could drink coca tea and stay up all night banging Jaeger shots, you know?