What is kratom, the 'gas station heroin' alarming officials in the US?
Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a decade.
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""It was like a miracle," Deaver said. "I could sleep. I could function. I just don't know what I'd do without it.""
— Jeffrey Deaver , Other
""That's really where the problems began.""
— Dr Shane Speights , Academic
""There's no way to know exactly what you're getting.""
— Dr Shane Speights , Academic
""It affects marriages, relationships.""
— Jana Wu , Academic
""I've seen people lose jobs, spend thousands of dollars a month on it.""
— Jana Wu , Academic
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Dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.
Director of clinical integration at the addiction treatment centre Mountainside.
A retired timber cutter from Washington who has taken kratom for chronic pain.
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Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a decade.
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