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Dean Francis

Virginia father and activist who founded and leads End Kratom Addiction after his son Cameron's kratom addiction; also Partner and CEO of OneBridge Advisors.

Oct 8, 2026

21:31
Can you help us understand, like, is this legal? How is it available in gas stations? What is going on?
21:40
Yeah.
21:40
So the short answer is it's unlawful to import kratom for human consumption, and it's unlawful to market it for the purpose of a food, dietary supplement, or drug.
21:51
And so it's like, well, how is it happening? So in 2014, the FDA identified it clearly, and they issued an import alert that says it's unlawful to import it for human consumption.
22:04
And we have DEA agents, former DEA agents, that are part of our team, and they all say it's still like finding a needle in a haystack.
22:12
You got 1.2 million shipments a month hitting our borders.
22:15
Only 200 of them are kratom, and it's easy for them to mislabel them to potpourri or fertilizer or whatever.
25:42
Right, right.
10:52
So I
10:53
remember that distinctly.
10:54
I'm saying this moment because I remember I was in Boston.
10:58
I went to this huge, massive indoor track meet where he's the he's in a medley.
11:04
OK, a medley relay.
11:06
And he's the closer.
11:07
And he was such a beast.

24 MINS LATER

35:14
They're not aware that the addiction centers are being flooded with people that have these addictions.

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