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Kratom is an unregulated product not approved for any use in the U.S., and is banned in five states, according to the Food and Drug Administration. While the agency warns against consuming it over ...
The FDA tested 30 different kratom products in 2019 and found "significant levels" of lead and nickel in them, which researchers said could cause heavy metal poisoning if consumed over the long term.
Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family (coffee family) native to Southeast Asia. [3] It is indigenous to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, [4] where its leaves, known as kratom, have been used in herbal medicine since at least the 19th century. [5]
In 2021, emergency department visits for suicide attempts among teen girls increased by 51%, as opposed to 4% for boys, compared to the same time period pre-pandemic in 2019, according to a CDC study.
Additionally, there is evidence that gender moderates the effect of family, school and peer factors on adolescent substance use. [8] For example, some studies report that not living with both biological parents or having poor parent-adolescent communication is associated with substance use, especially in female adolescents.
"The New Demons: Ordinary Teens" (Los Angeles Times, April, 2002) "What Do Student Drug Use Surveys Really Mean?" (Journal of School Health, January 2005) "Wrong Way for Teen Drivers" (Los Angeles Times, January, 2008) Teenage Sex and Pregnancy: Modern Myths, Unsexy Realities (Praeger, 2010)
A kratom product that’s sold in some stores and available to buy online should be avoided, the Food and Drug Administration is warning after one user’s death.. The FDA recently learned a ...
Drug education is the planned provision of information, guidelines, resources, and skills relevant to living in a world where psychoactive substances are widely available and commonly used for a variety of both medical and non-medical purposes, some of which may lead to harms such as overdose, injury, infectious disease (such as HIV or hepatitis C), or addiction.