Called “gas station heroin,” kratom products have grown in use locally and beyond for pain relief and easing anxiety and ...

Regulators are struggling to keep up with kratom, which is found at gas stations and smoke shops in Arizona and elsewhere.

Los Alamitos is partially banning kratom after officials, including one council member who uses it, discussed a distribution prohibition on products containing the opioid-like substance.

It’s been marketed as an energy booster and pain reliever but it has faced concerns about being addictive.

Kratom, sold in local gas stations, is becoming a popular choice among young people for pain relief, but experts are warning ...

The headlines may have faded, but the opioid crisis is not over in Kansas. In 2023, the most recent year for which we have data, 653 Kansans died from drug overdoses. That number can sound abstract ...

Recovering addicts are sounding the alarm about a supplement called kratom, claiming it's dangerous and can hit harder than ...

The conversation around natural kratom leaf and concentrated synthetic derivatives is heating up in Lansing, as state ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Panhandle Health District is warning people to avoid using any kratom product, issuing a district-wide advisory Monday. The health district says kratom is addictive and has a ...

North Idaho city could soon become the first in the state to ban the sale of kratom, as broader efforts to regulate or outlaw ...

Thirty other states have looked at kratom and chose targeted regulation, like age restrictions and potency caps, over ...