kava conversations
Dec 9, 2019
The History of the Kava Bar Part 1
The increasingly overwhelming presence of kava bars in the U.S.—particularly in the greater Tampa Bay Area—may be a r...
Dec 3, 2019
Sustainability of the Kava Trade
Anthropological Studies on the Kava Trade
In 2009, Nancy J Pollack published an academic article on the sustainabili...
Nov 22, 2019
The Economic Impact of Kava on the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islander Economies, Foreign Aid, and Kava
For millennia, kava has been intertwined with Pacific Islander cult...
Nov 22, 2019
What Do Popular Media Have to Say About Kratom? Part 3
The two previous kava conversations delve into the Clearwater Beacon's article on a possible kratom ban in Clearwater...
Nov 22, 2019
What Do Popular Media Have to Say About Kratom? Part 2
Is Kratom the Only Problem? Is Kratom Even a Problem?
Although the Clearwater Beacon’s article technically did provi...
Nov 13, 2019
What Does Popular Media Have to Say About Kratom? Part 1
Discussions surrounding kava often overlap with discussions surrounding kratom for one reason or another: because the...
Nov 6, 2019
Does Antagonism towards Kava Equate Antagonism towards the Pacific Islands? Part 2
The previous kava conversation focused on antagonism towards kava from the western world and this piece will be conti...
Oct 22, 2019
Does Antagonism towards Kava Equate Antagonism towards the Pacific Islands? Part 1
Antagonism towards kava from the western world has been interpreted a number of ways including everything from a simp...
Sep 4, 2019
Kava Conversations: The Relationship (or lack thereof) Between Kratom and Kava
What gives? Kava bar vs Kratom bar vs Kava & Kratom bar
As touched on in the previous kava conversation, kava and...
Aug 27, 2019
Kava Conversations: An Introduction to Kratom
As kava use becomes increasingly widespread, so has another herbal product known as kratom. Kava and kratom both have...
Aug 21, 2019
Kava Conversations: The Relationship between the FDA and Kava
The FDA, Dietary Supplements, and Kava
As introduced in the previous Kava Conversation, the FDA classifies kava as a...