Seth Eden | Oppose SB557

Hello, My name is Seth Eden, I am a resident in Georgias 14th congressional district and 7oh has saved my life. I am a father of two young boys and a husband to their mother. Sadly, my record of holding down a job prior to Kratom/7oh was about 6 months.. I have dealt with chronic pain and fatigue since I was a teenager, never being able to find the cause, that also left me in a deep depression for years. Five years ago I had decided that I was going to do something about it on my own since doctors didn’t want to help me, only making me feel like they thought I was seeking drugs anytime I would go to them for help about the way I’ve felt and trying to put me on antidepressants.. I started looking online for natural remedies or supplements for pain and I found Kratom. I started taking the powder leaf capsules from an online vendor and after a couple of days of finding the right dose for me, I knew I had found what I’ve been needing. I have steadily been working now for the past four years and the last two years of employment have been at the same place! Close to two years ago I found 7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as 7oh and I tell you it has been a life changer in my daily routine, I no longer have to choke down gram after gram of leaf powder. Instead I take one 20mg tablet in the morning and one 30mg tablet at night and my pain is non-existent. My depression that I felt for years is gone and the weight of life is released from my shoulders. I finally have a savings account with a substantial amount in it that I’m not constantly dipping into because of missing work, I’ve finally starting doing good enough that now me and my family are about to buy our own home. And it’s all thanks to Kratom/7oh. Please consider us, because there are thousands of people just like me that this has given their lives back. Please do not schedule Kratom/7oh, instead we need regulation and we need education. I myself would like to see it not being sold in gas stations and smoke shops with suggestive names like things that people with drug problems are trying to escape from because this herb/supplement is not those things. It has saved me, and it has saved many others from a myriad of different problems. Thank you if you made it this far, and please reconsider your standing on this bill.