Kratom advocates are cheering a new decision from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) not to recommend that the…
Despite Thailand’s recent legalization of kratom—swiftly following the country’s decriminalization earlier this year—international kratom advocacy’s momentum is facing stern resistance…
Native to Southeast Asia, kratom is a plant and herbal medicine with mild opioid and stimulant-like properties. It was held…
Drug warriors have long deployed disinformation to justify panics and crackdowns. Kratom, an unregulated plant-based product used by many to…
In January, a few weeks after my 49th birthday, my partner, Carolyn, gave me a most unexpected gift. She emerged…
In the past year, a debate has intensified over how kratom—a plant with mild opioid-like and stimulant properties—should be regulated…
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional medicines for the mild opioid-like and…