Dan Bregger was a son, brother, and best friend, and when he started taking kratom as a “natural” and “safe” way to tackle his anxiety, I never imagined it would be the thing to take his life.

Dr. Carr McClain, a cardiovascular surgeon, believes that criminalizing kratom would be disastrous and push it to the dangerous underground market. McClain argues that kratom should be treated ...

Popular for its stimulating and pain-relieving properties, the herb kratom can be as easy to buy as a bag of chips in many parts of the U.S. That’s also raised questions about whether kratom ...

Popular for its stimulating and pain-relieving properties, the herb kratom can be as easy to buy as a bag of chips in many parts of the US. That’s also raised questions about whether kratom ...

Ball-and-stick model of the mitragynine molecule, an indole alkaloid extracted from the coffee plant relative kratom. (Jynto/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) (CN) — At 10 a.m. on the morning of March 25 ...

Editor: I am writing in regard to your Feb. 6 article about a mother suing a local food mart for selling kratom to her daughter. Her daughter died from mitragynine toxicity that is contained in ...