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Family Wins $11M in Suit
Over Florida Kratom Death

Jul 30, 2023 3:45 PM CDT

Family Wins $11M in Suit Over Florida Kratom Death

Krystal Talavera's son hopes award draws attention to dangers

(Newser) - A distributor has been ordered to pay more than $11 million to the family of a 39-year-old Florida woman who died after ingesting kratom. Judge Donald Middlebrooks said in his ruling, issued after a federal wrongful death lawsuit was tried in West Palm Beach, that no amount of money was...

In a Big First, FDA Issues
Mandatory Recall of Kratom

Apr 3, 2018 4:42 PM CDT

In a Big First, FDA Issues Mandatory Recall of Kratom

Recalls kratom products due to salmonella outbreak

(Newser) - A Las Vegas company was ordered to pull its herbal supplements off the market because some of its products tested positive for salmonella, part of a nationwide outbreak linked to the ingredient kratom. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it took the rare step of ordering the recall...

FDA: Kratom Is an Opioid, Not an Opioid Alternative

FDA Issues
Strongest Warning
Yet on Kratom

Feb 7, 2018 5:19 AM CST

FDA Issues Strongest Warning Yet on Kratom

Substance is a dangerous opioid, agency says

(Newser) - Kratom is a deadly opioid, not a safe alternative to opioids or an effective treatment for withdrawal, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday in its strongest warning yet against the herbal supplement. The agency said new data shows that the increasingly popular substance has "opioid properties" and has...

Kratom Being Used for Opioid Addiction, but FDA Has Warning

It's Being Used for Opioid
Addiction, but FDA Has Warning

Nov 14, 2017 1:50 PM CST

It's Being Used for Opioid Addiction, but FDA Has Warning

Use of kratom is 'extremely concerning'

(Newser) - The FDA is warning Americans to stay away from kratom, calling its use as an opioid replacement or to treat opioid withdrawals "extremely concerning" and citing 36 deaths connected to the substance, Reuters reports. According to the Verge , kratom is a plant grown in Southeast Asia and used there...

DEA Rescinds Plan to Regulate Herbal Supplement

DEA Backs Off Herbal
Supplement—at Least for Now

Oct 13, 2016 3:04 PM CDT

DEA Backs Off Herbal Supplement—at Least for Now

Agency soliciting public comments about kratom until December 1

(Newser) - The DEA has backed off a controversial plan to classify the relatively unknown herbal supplement kratom as a Schedule I substance, saying it wants to seek more feedback on the issue, NPR reports. Schedule I substances are classified as dangerous, ripe for abuse, and without recognized medical use—claims that...

Sep 4, 2016 2:52 PM CDT

Popular Herbal Supplement Will Be Classified Like LSD

DEA is putting kratom on the list of Schedule 1 drugs

(Newser) - Heroin, marijuana, LSD, and ... kratom? The latter is a plant native to southeast Asia, and it's about to join the others on the most restrictive drug classification list in the US. The DEA said this week that kratom—specifically its active ingredients, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine—will become a Schedule...