Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: The deaths of two University of Mississippi students potentially linked to synthetic kratom triggered renewed calls to ban the addictive drug. But it remains legal, both federally and in most states, despite mounting evidence of its harms.
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