As Ohio lawmakers debate a bill to regulate the herbal supplement kratom, a new study shows the substance continues to poison and even kill some people. More from WOSUnews:
in the journal Clinical Toxicology. It found an increase in calls to U.S. poison control centers for natural psychoactive substances generally, and a 5,000% increase in kratom exposure from 2011-2017.found just 2312 kratom exposure cases reported to the National Poison Database System between 2011 and mid-2018.
But Spiller's study also found kratom resulted in eight deaths during that time period. In very large doses, researchers found coma and respiratory depression in patients. Spiller says that the DEA is looking into regulating kratom, but in the meantime, research like his is playing an important role. “There’s a lot of interest in it but a lot of misinformation about what it does and how it works," Spiller says,"and that’s one of the reasons for studies like this, is to let them know, ‘Here’s balanced information, if you’re gonna look at this be aware of the risks.’”
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