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Your Hearing on Kratom March'11,2026
From K M < kathmag1990@9mail.com >
Date Sat 2026-03-07 9:02 AM
To Provos, Sara < SProvos@yarmouth.ma.us >
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Hi to all those whom this concerns,
My name is Kathryn Magliaro.
I am a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, and although i don't reside in Yarmouth, we do love to travel
here several times through the summer.
So your ruling on March 1 '1, will not only affect residents, but it will have an impact on tourism. lf you
ban this leaf, I ,along with my family will be forced to look to other areas to vacation.
I am a 56 yr old woman. I am married for 36 yrs this month, and I am the mom of 2 adult children.
ln 2005 lhad 2 young children, ages 5 & 7 at the time. lalso had a thriving home cleaning and home
organizing business,and I was also volunteering in a ministry work part time, I loved my life. But
something started affecting my health out of the blue. ln 2007 I was diagnosed with Trigeminal
Neuralgia. A Google search will share Neurology medical literature labels this as one of the worst pains
known in all of medicine, and it carries the moniker of being "the suicide disease " . Why does it have
that nickname... because so many people cannot find adequate pain management, pain reliel that they
finally opt for that route as their assured pain relief measure.
I lost almost everything due to the intractable, unmanageable pain this caused, my business, my
volunteering, but i always had my family and friends who stood by, wanting to help ,yet they could
not, I had not I but 2 brain surgeries, that was for pain management, since there is no cure for this
d isease. They both failed.
Then I was on a road of every treatment and medication possible. The entire time as each treatment
failed, my own thoughts of suicide grew, as it seemed like the only way I could end this pain. I was in
bed 24/7 not even living, barely existing. ln 2018 my team of Drs let me know that ,there was basically
nothing more they could try. They tried everything and that included high pain medications all of
them. So they were going to let me go as a patient.
I didn't give into those dark thoughts, I prayed,and I stayed in the fight of my life. I did it for the family
who were sticking by me. ln 201 9 I discovered Kratom leaf. I used it daily starting in 20'19,and I still do,
because it is the 1 and only thing that manages my pain,to a level that I am living a full life once again.
My adult children, and their spouses see it, and are so happy I am here with them. My husband has his
wife back.
I can cook, I love cooking but it got so bad that I couldn't do that anymore. I can do household
chores, and that is huge for me. lmagine something stealing everything from you including the ability
to care for your family and basically yourself. But now I have that all back again, and I am grateful for
this leaf.
lf you ban this leaf, you will be responsible for 20 million people in the US, even though they don't live
here, your decision here has an impact and a ripple effect for other places. You will be telling all those
who use this leal and have been saved, that it doesn't matter. Because you "think" and I stress think,
because there's no data proving some were harmed. So the fact that it has saved millions, doesn't
matter. And you will be responsible for the suicide rate of 2,000 a year for chronic pain patients,
growing since they cannot access this leaf anymore for pain relief. ls that something you are
comfortable with, knowing your decision here can cause that, and will cause that statistic of suicide to
rise. lt will also cause all those who depend on this leal to become criminals if they try to access it,if
there is a ban.
Please look at the science research, world leaders in science research, the World Heath Organization,
the Former leader of the CDC, The FDA most recently...they all have said they cannot find in any
amount...that this leaf is harmful at all,on any level, You can get those sources, please do.
Why are you ignoring them ? Who exactly is saying to disregard that science ? Are they in the lab
unbiased and researching this leaf that has by the way remained the same for centuries, unchanged.
Or are they the people responsible for a false narrative of this leaf being harmful? The deaths that
have occurred, can you say with 100% certainty they are from Kratom leaf? Or was it simply in their
system, much like a gunshot death might have alcohol in the system, but it is most certainly not what
caused death? ls it similar to a drowning death that maybe has high caffeine in the system from
energy drinks. My point is , just because something is in the system, doesn't equal being the cause.
Correlation does not equal causation.
But you might listen to them regardless.
Please look at all the science, and don't be swayed by pure emotion. I also am emotional, but I am
asking for you to read all of the scientific research that has been done, and is ongoing.
There are many options for regulation, please consider regulation, and not an outright ban on this
leaf.
Thank you for your time,
Kathryn Magliaro