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There is a shrinking list
of kava banned countries, and the United States,
thankfully, is no longer one of them. One of the most
surprising kava bans happens to be in the United States’
closest international neighbor; Canada. Canada is known
for its open mindedness and often, relaxed laws for many
things, but kava has not been one of them. But, we
recently received a letter from the Narutal Health
Products Directorate that states, clearly, that Kava is
NOT banned in Canada. For an
in-depth look, please click
HERE.
What other countries are on the kava banned countries
list? The only other major countries which have very
unclear laws about whether or not kava is banned,
controlled, illegal, or otherwise, is Britain (United
Kingdom) and France. Norway and Sweden seem to consider
Kava a prescription medication, but they seem to
consider anything that is herbal and has no specific law
attached to it, a prescription medication. Germany
banned Kava in August of 2002, but they have since
lifted the ban, due to overwhelming evidence that their
initial findings stating that it was unsafe, were in
error. Full story is
HERE.
Then, there’s Australia. We have had so many problems
with importing things into Australia, that we have added
it to the kava banned countries list. According to
officials in Australia, Kava isn’t illegal; it’s simply
regulated, so they can track how much kava is coming
into the country. Reportedly, one needs a license to
import any of our products to there, but supposedly it’s
simple, even for an individual, to apply for and
receive. But, we don’t have any specific information
regarding such things, because we have never applied for
one of those licenses ourselves.
If you know of countries that Kava is banned that we
have not mentioned here, please keep us informed. We
would like to have the most complete list on the net,
but we can only do it with your help! |
