The Right to Use Kratom from the Psychiatric and Islamic Perspectives

This paper aimed to summarize kratom’s psychological effects on users and the Islamic views on kratom use. A literature survey of published kratom studies, teachings based on the holy Qur’an, the Sunnah, and views of several Islamic scholars based on qualitative methodology through text analysis was...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Authors: Leong Bin Abdullah, Mohammad Farris Iman (Author) ; Abdul Rahman, Noor Naemah (Author) ; Mohamad, Mohd Afifuddin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2021]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 841-853
Further subjects:B Addiction psychiatry
B Medicinal use
B Islamic Perspective
B Kratom
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Summary:This paper aimed to summarize kratom’s psychological effects on users and the Islamic views on kratom use. A literature survey of published kratom studies, teachings based on the holy Qur’an, the Sunnah, and views of several Islamic scholars based on qualitative methodology through text analysis was conducted. The results demonstrated that despite its beneficial therapeutic effects, the harm induced by kratom outweighs its benefits. We concluded that kratom use for medicinal purposes is only warranted if useful constituent mitragynine can be extracted and used on its own, and if more rigorous human studies demonstrated good safety profile and efficacy of mitragynine for therapeutic purposes.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00830-w