A+E Networks. In a dramatic speech to a joint session of Congress, President Harry S. Truman asks for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations.Historians have often cited Trumanâs address, which came to be known as the Truman Doctrine, as the official declaration of the Cold War.+E Networks. In a dramatic speech to a joint session of Congress, President Harry S. Truman asks for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations.
Kratom, legal in Texas, seized by feds in Illinois. AUSTIN (KXAN) â U.S. Marshals have seized thousands of bottles of dietary supplements containing kratom, a plant with opioid-like effects currently legal and available in the Austin area, according to a FDA news release Wednesday.
In lower doses, Kratom is a stimulant. In higher doses, it is more sedating. It is now illegal to grow Kratom in Thailand and most other countries in Southeast Asia. In the United States, mitragyna speciosa is classified as a drug or chemical of concern.The actions of kratom are somewhat like those of opium.A compound in the plant appears to have an affinity for opiod receptors in the brain.lkaloid concentrations of powdered kratom vary from 7 mg per gram to as much as 20 mg per gram. In Thailand, the most common way to use kratom is by simply chewing fresh leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa plant.