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** and the morphine-like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragyna_speciosa kratom] (kratum and ketum). [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/868935276495762/], [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/868935276495762/?comment_id=869019499820673&offset=0&total_comments=2&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] <br> (NB. The FDA has warned consumers not to use any products labeled as containing kratom. [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/304821.php]) | ** and the morphine-like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragyna_speciosa kratom] (kratum and ketum). [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/868935276495762/], [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/868935276495762/?comment_id=869019499820673&offset=0&total_comments=2&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] <br> (NB. The FDA has warned consumers not to use any products labeled as containing kratom. [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/304821.php]) | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium Opium], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin heroin], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug) cannabis]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)%23Marijuana marijuana]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashish hashish], quat, etc., are all commonly and regularly used in areas where helminths are endemic - Africa, S.E. Asia, S. America, etc. If any of these were harmful to helminths they would have been identified as such long ago and would have become a folk remedy for one worm or another. One host of both hookworms and whipworms has confirmed the presence of eggs from both species after cannabis use, and another hookworm host who used 10 drops of hemp '''CBD''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol cannabidiol]]) oil twice daily, plus a few drops of '''THC''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol tetrahydrocannabinol]) oil to help with sleep, has reported that her hookworms were unaffected. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1037560152966606/?comment_id=1037577039631584&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium Opium], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin heroin], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug) cannabis]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)%23Marijuana marijuana]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashish hashish], quat, etc., are all commonly and regularly used in areas where helminths are endemic - Africa, S.E. Asia, S. America, etc. If any of these were harmful to helminths they would have been identified as such long ago and would have become a folk remedy for one worm or another. One host of both hookworms and whipworms has confirmed the presence of eggs from both species after cannabis use, and another hookworm host who used 10 drops of hemp '''CBD''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol cannabidiol]]) oil twice daily, plus a few drops of '''THC''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol tetrahydrocannabinol]) oil to help with sleep, has reported that her hookworms were unaffected. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1037560152966606/?comment_id=1037577039631584&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R%22%7D] Someone else used '''CBD''' oil for several months and noticed no adverse effect on his hookworms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1239928846063068/?comment_id=1240221499367136&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine Cocaine], in its pure, unadulterated state, could be added to this list of worm-safe drugs, but it is commonly adulterated with other substances that might harm helminths, particularly ❌ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levamisole levamisole]. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine Cocaine], in its pure, unadulterated state, could be added to this list of worm-safe drugs, but it is commonly adulterated with other substances that might harm helminths, particularly ❌ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levamisole levamisole]. | ||