Health officials are sounding the alarm about a string of deaths that have been linked to a popular product that’s marketed as an all-natural way to get rid of pain.
Across San Diego County, kratom gummies, shots, tablets and mock ice cream cones are sold openly in smoke stores and gas stations despite local laws that have banned the products from going on store shelves.
“If you went to a gas station or you bought pure mitragynine (kratom’s primary alkaloid compound) online, it might have fentanyl in it. I mean, that would give you the same opioid effect that you were trying to get with it,” said Dr. Richard Clark, medical director of the California Poison Control System in San Diego…