COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A new warning is being issued on the widely available supplement kratom, which also goes by “herbal speedball” or “gas station heroin.”
Idaho’s Panhandle Health District says the drug is highly addictive and has overdose potential. It has caused deaths in North Idaho.
Kratom comes from a native tree in Southeast Asia. The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies it as a drug. Products containing it are not regulated by the FDA but are sold across the region…