At the urging of several members here, I have a quick request.

With the recent press release from the FDA yesterday, there are going to be a lot of news articles being linked and shared. There are a lot of positive and negative articles floating around the web right now with kratom as the topic. However, it is highly important that we do not give any direct links to the negative articles that are filled with blatant lies about kratom.

When posting a link to a news article about kratom, please keep the following in mind:

If the news article is pro-kratom, just link it directly. These kind of articles and authors deserve our support, and it's in our best interest to help make them more popular with a direct link.

If the article portrays kratom in negative manner, please use archive.is. Follow the simple instructions on that site, and then create your post here using the generated link. This will prevent these sites from getting our traffic and links, while still preserving the content of the article.

Remember if you comment on any news article online in the defense of kratom, you will get your point across better by being polite, respectful, and with sources to back up your claims.

[edited: 6:50pm CST to change some wording based on feedback.]