The leaves of a kratom tree: the plant will be removed from the narcotics list, 90 days after passage of the bill is published in the Royal Gazette.(Bangkok Post file photo) An amendment bill removing kratom from the narcotics list cruised through the final stages in
Kratom, a traditional Southeast Asian herbal medicine from the leaves of the tropical tree Mitragyna speciosa, has gained favor in the U.S. as a legal high over the past decade. Almost two metric tons of kratom are imported from Southeast Asia monthly. A typical dose
Police arrested a man on Monday, Jan. 18, who was suffering from an “apparent psychosis” officers say was most likely brought on by the substance kratom, as he caused a public disturbance and later leapt through a second-story closed window before he was arrested, according
An Australian man arrested in Bali on drugs charges says he has a message for foreigners on the holiday island - Don't trust anybody. And he has described the Bali jail he was sent to as "hell's hallway" and "like a microwave oven", expressing relief at
Let’s get this straight, life is tiring, is it not? The everyday hassle of getting up, going to work, eat, sleep, and repeat can unnerve anyone. I don’t know about you but I surely am a victim here. Every day, life keeps on throwing lemons our
After the City of Oxford banned the sale of Kratom and other synthetic opioids 16 months ago, those products are also banned in Lafayette County. During their first regular meeting of 2021 on Monday, the Board of Supervisors approved a new ordinance, prohibiting the use, purchase,
Phuket Provincial Police have arrested two teenagers found in possession of more than 200 kilograms of kratom leaves. Phuket native Nontharit ‘Nice’ Ketchart, 19, and Suwimol ‘Palm’ Mayu, 18, originally from Nongkhai, were arrested at Baan Bang Duk Pier in Mai Khao early Wednesday morning (Dec
