DirTJerz
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Yes, I also appreciate your heartfelt post, GKE. I have every sympathy for kava farmers whose livelihoods are being threatened by recent revelations. I do think, though, that your opinion that vendors are not selling us spiked kava is far-fetched, unless there is some conspiracy or colossal oversight between Dr. Lebot, Deleted User, and others. Dr. Lebot is at ground zero and has reported no false positives. (But who knows, maybe the real cause of the orange acetone tests is air travel at 40,000 feet or something wild like that.)i
On this forum, I sense that the mood is of hope and patience that things will correct themselves now that everything is out in the open. Nobody wants to boycott certain products just to stick it to Vanuatu, and I think we'll all be thrilled when everything eventually starts testing as noble. Hopefully, accurate testing and awareness will diminish the temptation to spike or mislabel noble kava, because while I can understand the desperation to make a little more money, it is in the farmers' (and all honest parties') best interest to straighten this out as we enter what might be a renaissance for kava in the western world.
I have not interpreted recent conversations as singling out Vanuatu, either. In fact, I think this forum has been very fair, when we could otherwise be emotionally overreacting. After all, this is something we're putting in our bodies on a consistent basis, and of course we're going to err on the side of caution, even if there might be a shred of doubt. I don't think our rational discussions on here (even if they amounted to "bashing") could have much of an effect on an entire economy. And I hope you're not suggesting we continue to buy and consume products that we have every reason to believe are tudei. I am sorry if your business is being affected by misguided farmers or suppliers selling you tudei kava. But if I remember correctly, you have some products that have tested as noble, so I look forward to trying them out soon!
On this forum, I sense that the mood is of hope and patience that things will correct themselves now that everything is out in the open. Nobody wants to boycott certain products just to stick it to Vanuatu, and I think we'll all be thrilled when everything eventually starts testing as noble. Hopefully, accurate testing and awareness will diminish the temptation to spike or mislabel noble kava, because while I can understand the desperation to make a little more money, it is in the farmers' (and all honest parties') best interest to straighten this out as we enter what might be a renaissance for kava in the western world.
I have not interpreted recent conversations as singling out Vanuatu, either. In fact, I think this forum has been very fair, when we could otherwise be emotionally overreacting. After all, this is something we're putting in our bodies on a consistent basis, and of course we're going to err on the side of caution, even if there might be a shred of doubt. I don't think our rational discussions on here (even if they amounted to "bashing") could have much of an effect on an entire economy. And I hope you're not suggesting we continue to buy and consume products that we have every reason to believe are tudei. I am sorry if your business is being affected by misguided farmers or suppliers selling you tudei kava. But if I remember correctly, you have some products that have tested as noble, so I look forward to trying them out soon!