E126 Ian: Industry Insider

Libby and Jacob talk about recognizing you have an addiction without or before bad things start to happen. Ian works for a well-known company that distributes kratom-kava drinks to some 30,000 stores in the U.S. Many people report this product to be starkly more addictive than plain leaf kratom, and Ian himself has developed a dependency he has had trouble stopping. He talks to Charlie about: * The misleading promotion of the product as an energy drink. * The measures the company uses to counter the concerns of cautious new retail outlets worried about the negative reports associated with the product. * The typical store has a handful of the same customers drinking large volumes of the product, e.g. an average of 12 customers per every 100 units moved. * The company's practice of giving six samples per store to the distributor allows Ian to afford his addiction.  * Severe cases of addiction among customers that Ian has encountered during his work, and that other people working for the company in his role are also experiencing difficult, hard-to-quit dependencies on the product they are helping to distribute. * The company-wide denial about the addictive potential of the product.   CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0ms0briety https://www.youtube.com/@KratomSobriety https://www.facebook.com/kratomsobriety      QUITTING KRATOM SUPPORT MEETINGS https://www.kratommeetings.com  CONTACT THE SHOW Voice: 313-437-7720 Email: [email protected]    https://kratomsobriety.com    PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kratom-addiction/id1685569424   https://www.audible.com/podcast/Kratom-Addiction/B0C3YHDLV5    https://open.spotify.com/show/4GkQiYu6S8IBn8qswyVm00