On June 30, the Drug Enforcement Administration took steps to temporarily ban 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products nationwide. You might think this is about public safety — but as a recent article showed, the kratom industry has been pushing bans like this because it doesn’t like the 7-OH competition.

But for folks like me, living with chronic pain, we need the president to stand up to this group known as Big Kratom — because we are the ones who will suffer if the ban takes effect.