Advocates for kratom spoke at the Washington City Council meeting to protest the potential ban of the drug, which sellers said is used for pain relief, chronic fatigue, and self-medication of anxiety and depression.

Iowa House lawmakers voted to designate the plant-based substance kratom and its synthetic equivalents as a Schedule I controlled substance, which would make possessing the substance illegal.

The headlines may have faded, but the opioid crisis is not over in Kansas. In 2023, the most recent year for which we have data, 653 Kansans died from drug overdoses. That number can sound abstract

Iowa House lawmakers passed a bill making the plant-based stimulant kratom a Schedule I controlled substance. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Murrieta is cracking down further on Kratom products after sending out a letter in January to smoke shops across the city reminding them that the sale, distribution and purchase o

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.

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would issue a statewide ban on the sale of kratom. This comes as cities in Eastern Washington are issuing their own bans on its sale. "Kratom has been