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In July 2023, a federal judge in Florida ordered a kratom distributor to pay more than $11 million in damages to the family of Krystal Talavera, who died after using kratom, according to a lawsuit ...
The 39-year-old mother of four collapsed to the floor of her Boynton Beach living room on June 20, 2021. A cup of coffee and an open packet of kratom, the herbal supplement medical examiners would ...
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In Thailand, a 2007 survey found that the lifetime, past year, and past 30 days kratom consumption rates were 2.32%, 0.81% and 0.57%, respectively, among respondents aged 12–65 years, [18] and that kratom was the most widely used recreational drug in Thailand. [18] Kratom may be mixed with other psychoactive drugs, such as caffeine and codeine.
Mitragynine is an indole-based alkaloid and is one of the main psychoactive constituents in the Southeast Asian plant Mitragyna speciosa, commonly known as kratom. [4] It is an opioid that is typically consumed as a part of kratom for its pain-relieving and euphoric effects.
About 1.7 million Americans 12 and older were reported to be kratom users in 2021. In Talavera’s case, her friends introduced her to kratom years before her death, according to the lawsuit.
Poly drug use often carries more risk than use of a single drug, due to an increase in side effects, and drug synergy. For example, the chance of death from overdosing on opiates is greatly increased when they are consumed in conjunction with alcohol. [2] While they are two distinct phenomena, deaths from CDI are often misreported as overdoses. [3]
A review in 2006 of the literature on use of benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics concluded that more research is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of hypnotic drugs. [84] The majority of the problems of benzodiazepines are related to their long-term use rather than their short-term use. [85]