New Kratom Ad Tells Trump: “Saturdays Should Be About Football, Not Funerals”
A new kratom ad, “Football, Not Funerals,” urges President Trump and Congress to ban kratom in every form, not just concentrated 7-OH.
“I Do Want to See a Total Ban”: Pressure Mounts to Outlaw Kratom Nationwide
The push for a kratom ban is growing. Eleven senators want the FDA to outlaw the whole plant, not just synthetic 7-OH, and governors and state attorneys general are moving even faster.
Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Calls for a Ban on Kratom, Criticizes Trump Admin for Waffling on the Issue
Laura Ingraham called for a kratom ban on Fox News after two Ole Miss student deaths. Dr. Drew Pinsky said high-THC weed may be as dangerous.
Stanford Team Develops Youth-Focused Kratom Curriculum
A team at the Stanford University School of Medicine recently created a two-lesson curriculum for children that highlights the harms
No Safe Dose, No Threshold: Drug Policy Group Tells Regulators to Ban a Kratom Opioid Outright — and the Plant Behind It
A kratom-derived opioid now sold in gas-station “shots” is so dangerous there is no safe amount of it — and the government
DEA Temporarily Schedules Synthetic Kratom Compound
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced that it will temporarily schedule a synthetic version of kratom known as 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), in
Smart Approaches to Marijuana Emerges as a Leading Opponent of Kratom
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), an anti-marijuana advocacy organization, has emerged as a leading voice against the promotion and sale of kratom, an
Friday Fact: Past-year kratom use among teenagers jumped up 51% from 2023 to 2024
Kratom use continues to increase across the country, including among young people. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of Americans
Friday Fact: From 2020 to 2024, kratom was linked to more overdose deaths than crack cocaine was in the 1980s
Between 2020 and 2024, kratom was involved in at least 5,208 overdose deaths in the United States, according to the
Friday Fact: Kratom-related exposure reports to poison centers skyrocketed 1,231% since 2015
These new findings illustrate just how significant a threat to public health this psychoactive substance is becoming.