Kratom University

How the Course Works

The course is four levels of six lessons each. Every level builds on the one before it, so the lessons are taken in order. The whole course runs about two hours and forty minutes, quizzes included, and it can be taken over as many sittings as you like.

Each level closes with a ten-question quiz. Seven correct answers pass, and you get three attempts. If the third attempt falls short, the quiz shows you the correct answers and the level completes anyway. Each completed level earns 500 Reward Points, so finishing all four earns 2,000, worth $20.

The lessons are short on purpose. Each one is built from articles already published in the Kratom Guide and Responsible Kratom Use, and it links out to them for anyone who wants the full detail.

What the Course Covers

These are the 24 lessons, in the order the course teaches them.

Level 1: Foundation

What kratom is, where it comes from, and what the names on a label do and do not tell you.

• 1.1 What Kratom Is, and How It Works
• 1.2 Where Kratom Comes From
• 1.3 Vein Colors: What the Name Does and Does Not Mean
• 1.4 Strain Names and Blends
• 1.5 Powder, Capsules, and How Kratom Is Taken
• 1.6 Extracts, and How Long Any of It Lasts

Level 2: Safety

Who should not take kratom, what it should not be combined with, and how to store it in a home.

• 2.1 Is Kratom Safe?
• 2.2 Who Should Not Take Kratom?
• 2.3 Medication Interactions
• 2.4 Alcohol and Other Substances
• 2.5 Storage and Household Safety
• 2.6 Side Effects

Level 3: Long-Term Risk and Practice

What taking kratom regularly over time can lead to, and what deciding deliberately looks like.

• 3.1 Intentional Use: Deciding Why and When
• 3.2 Frequency and the Long View
• 3.3 Tolerance: How It Builds and What It Signals
• 3.4 Taking Breaks and Non-Use Days
• 3.5 Dependence
• 3.6 Withdrawal, and How to Stop

Level 4: Industry Literacy

How quality is measured, what the research does and does not show, how the law changes, and how to judge a vendor, including us.

• 4.1 How Kratom Quality Is Measured
• 4.2 What the Research Does and Does Not Show
• 4.3 Self-Regulation: The AKA and the GMP Program
• 4.4 Kratom Consumer Protection Acts
• 4.5 Kratom and the Law: How Rules Actually Arrive
• 4.6 Choosing a Vendor

Why the Hard Lessons Are Here

A course written by a store could have stopped after Level 1. It would have been easier to finish and easier to sell. Levels 2 and 3 exist because the subjects a seller would rather skip are the ones a person most needs before deciding anything.

Who should not take kratom gets a lesson of its own. So do dependence and withdrawal. They sit in the middle of the course, not in a footnote at the end of it.

What the Course Will Not Tell You

No lesson tells you what to take or how much. The course explains how kratom works, what the risks are and how the industry operates, then leaves the decision with you. If you are pregnant or nursing, have a health condition, or take any medication, the person to ask is a physician.

Going Further

Every lesson links to the articles it was built from, and those stay open whether or not you enroll. The Kratom Guide covers the plant, the products made from it, the market and the law. Responsible Kratom Use covers habit, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal. Neither one asks for an account or an email address, and the rest of what we’ve written is gathered on the kratom education page.