With the opioids claiming so many lives in America, more and more treatments are being developed to help addicts become clean and sober. Drug and alcohol abuse is becoming way too familiar in our country, but our planet’s natural resources can help those struggling with
For thousands of people, the opioid-like plant kratom has been life-changing. But like many drugs, it’s not without potential risks. While patient interviews have revealed that kratom can offer some patients with chronic health conditions the relief that conventional opioids hadn’t and in some cases
Across America, thousands of people are throwing away their prescription drugs and picking up kratom, a plant-based drug from Southeast Asia usually brewed as a tea. Within the leaves of this tropical tree are opioid-like compounds that users say provide pain and anxiety relief, and
DENVER — Kratom is an herbal supplement that some people use to combat opioid addictions. Users see it as a natural way to wean off drugs and claim it’s not addictive and can’t alone lead to death. But 9NEWS requested autopsies from the last three years
(CNN) -- The woman had used oxycodone for almost a decade but told her doctors she had been sober for two years. She never touched narcotics during her pregnancy, she said and had completed rehab. But her newborn son was in withdrawal: jittery, screaming and requiring
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Many people who suffer pain hate the side effects of opioid painkillers, and some even fear becoming addicted to the potent prescription drugs. So some are turning to a botanical substance that is now on the radar of federal health officials. "It’s testicular
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Many people who suffer pain hate the side effects of opioid painkillers, and some even fear becoming addicted to the potent prescription drugs. So some are turning to a botanical substance that is now on the radar of federal health officials. "It’s a
The Drug Enforcement Administration has released the 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment, the agency’s annual report on drug trafficking and drug abuse in the United States. Conspicuously absent from the report is kratom, the herbal supplement that the FDA blames for dozens of fatal overdoses and
