Federal border agents have descended on a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, and local business owners are suffering.

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

Poison control centers statewide are seeing more people suffer from overdose-like symptoms of popular drug products like ...

Products containing kratom and a related substance called 7-hydroxymitragynine are readily available in Hawaii stores despite growing concerns about addiction and calls for regulation.An HNN ...

Ohio Senate Bill 299 would require those who sell, distribute and make kratom to register with the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

Kratom is often marketed as a natural remedy—but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. While some people use it for pain relief or to manage opioid withdrawal, medical experts at University of Utah Health warn ...

Holly Trouville held up a green can of seltzer as she stood before the Lowell City Council last fall. This is what killed her son, she said. “I was aware he drank kratom seltzer,” she said, “but I was ...

Kratom is a plant that is indigenous to Southeast Asia. People often consume kratom as a tea or in supplement form. In some rare cases, chronic use of kratom can cause a person to develop liver injury ...

At gas stations, liquor stores, and smoke shops, products containing kratom—an herbal substance—are readily sold alongside energy drinks and gum. These kratom drinks, capsules, gummies, and powders ...

Touted as an energy booster and mood enhancer, kratom is ubiquitous in convenience stores and gas stations across the U.S. So why does the FDA list it as a “drug of concern”? A worker checks a sample ...

Gov. Mike DeWine wants to designate kratom, a popular herbal extract, as an illegal drug and require that it be removed from stores in Ohio. DeWine on Aug. 25 asked ...

An herbal supplement that’s marketed as a cure-all for chronic pain and sold in gas stations and smoke shops is getting banned in communities across Southern California and the nation. Kratom is ...