
Episode #59
#59 - Mac Haddow Interview: The 2016 DEA Fight, 7-OH & Natural Kratom
Join The Nimrod Pod as Lou Stump and Chet Liftkit sit down with Mac Haddow — Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the American Kratom Association, former Reagan HHS chief of staff, and one of the architects of the 1994 DSHEA law. Mac recounts the 2016 fight that stopped DEA emergency scheduling of natural kratom leaf — including Orrin Hatch’s call to the DEA administrator, 23,000 public comments, and the HHS withdrawal the FDA tried to bury. They draw the line between traditional leaf, full-spectrum extracts, and chemically manipulated 7-OH products, cover the FDA dose-finding study, the next Kratom Consumer Protection Act, media/coroner misattribution of deaths, and how consumers can keep natural leaf legal. Follow @TheNimrodPod on X: https://x.com/TheNimrodPod Christopher's Organic Botanicals (Kratom): Use code NIMROD for 10% off your order at https://christophersorganicbotanicals.com/ref/7/ Fifty Percent Off (Premium Supplements): Use code THENIMRODPOD for 10% off your order at https://fiftypercentoff.com/THENIMRODPOD

