LANSING, MI – House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland township, described a substance being debated by lawmakers as “similar to heroin.” State Rep. Cam Cavitt, R-Cheboygan, called its sale a “crisis.” And ...

A bill to prohibit both the sale and production of kratom passed the Michigan House this week, bringing a ban on the ...

The Michigan House passed a bill to prohibit the growth and sale of kratom. The legislation now heads to the state Senate for ...

Tennessee lawmakers consider a kratom ban, citing its risks and links to overdose deaths, despite experts highlighting complex effects and potential medical uses.

Iowa House lawmakers voted to designate the plant-based substance kratom and its synthetic equivalents as a Schedule I ...

Maria Jennings of Murray is speaking out after losing her only child, Brayden, to kratom, a substance often marketed as natural and widely available at gas stations, vape shops and online.

The headlines may have faded, but the opioid crisis is not over in Kansas. In 2023, the most recent year for which we have ...

U of M says Kratom can cause an addiction similar to that of opioids.

Currently, six other states have a form of ban for kratom on the books, as Michigan lawmakers want to crack down on the herbal extract.

Walk into most gas stations or supplement shops and you’ll find it on the shelves: kratom, marketed as a natural energy booster, pain reliever, and mood enhancer. Sold legally in most states, this ...

The Michigan House voted to prohibit the growth or sale of kratom, a substance sometimes called "gas station heroin" for its drug-like effects.

OH, a compound in the herbal supplement kratom that some say is a safe alternative to opioids but critics call dangerously ...