Another public health announcement in Idaho is warning of the dangers of Kratom, an herbal substance that is often sold over ...

A man 7 years sober from alcohol claims in a new suit that an alcohol-alternative drink caused him to relapse. The drink contains kratom, a psychoactive compound the FDA classifies as an opioid. The ...

I have had pain for as long as I can remember. When I was 9, I was diagnosed with scoliosis in my spine, and the pain got worse when I took a factory job when I was 18 and again several years later ...

A new Yellowstone County health regulation that took effect Jan. 1 now prohibits kratom sales in licensed food and drink ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two landmark bills to protect New Yorkers from what she calls kratom’s harmful effects.The ...

New regulations for kratom, an herbal extract commonly found in vape stores, are in effect in Nebraska starting this new year ...

"Our work shows that kratom may be effective to self-medicate alcohol use disorder but is not entirely safe," van Rijn said. "Instead, our research provides additional support for other therapies that ...

Republican Sen. Joe Gruters is pushing to significantly tighten Florida’s regulations on kratom products with a new bill that ...

Botanic Tonics’ supplement drinks have taken convenience stores by storm—even as the company has battled allegations of ...

Ariana Campellone grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It is a small community, affluent and charmingly New England. Heroin was very available there, and very good. By age 15, Campellone was a ...

Bobby DiBernardo credits the herbal supplement kratom with getting him off heroin, oxycodone and alcohol six years ago. “It saved my life,” he said. “I could have died any day from a heroin overdose ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amped up its warnings against popular herbal drug kratom. The new warning mentions the deadly risks associated with kratom including a case of a ...