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…