Posted on Jul 24, 2023
Herbal supplement Kratom targeted by lawsuits after a string of deaths
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Kavasutra is a dimly lit bar in Lantana, Florida, with a rotating cast of characters: the magician, the repo man, the metalhead picking Slipknot on his unplugged Stratocaster. On a recent Friday night, there's about a dozen other patrons drinking, flirting, swiping at their phones.
What's not here is booze. The bar serves only nonalcoholic botanical drinks. And tonight, like most nights, one drink is clearly winning out: jumbo plastic cups filled with icy kratom tea.
Kavasutra is among thousands of U.S. businesses that sell kratom, an herbal supplement that's spurring debate in statehouses and courtrooms nationwide over how it should be classified and regulated.
And there are dozens of wrongful death lawsuits that have been filed over the product and how it is marketed. Last week, a jury in Washington state awarded a $2.5 million verdict in the first kratom wrongful death trial in the U.S.
Kavasutra is a dimly lit bar in Lantana, Florida, with a rotating cast of characters: the magician, the repo man, the metalhead picking Slipknot on his unplugged Stratocaster. On a recent Friday night, there's about a dozen other patrons drinking, flirting, swiping at their phones.
What's not here is booze. The bar serves only nonalcoholic botanical drinks. And tonight, like most nights, one drink is clearly winning out: jumbo plastic cups filled with icy kratom tea.
Kavasutra is among thousands of U.S. businesses that sell kratom, an herbal supplement that's spurring debate in statehouses and courtrooms nationwide over how it should be classified and regulated.
And there are dozens of wrongful death lawsuits that have been filed over the product and how it is marketed. Last week, a jury in Washington state awarded a $2.5 million verdict in the first kratom wrongful death trial in the U.S.
Herbal supplement Kratom targeted by lawsuits after a string of deaths
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Kratom is a herb that has been the subject of several lawsuits in the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging that kratom is a new dietary ingredient for which there is inadequate information to provide reasonable assurance that it does not present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury12. A negligence ruling by a Washington State Judge in a kratom wrongful death lawsuit found a company negligent due to “inadequate warnings and instructions” on the packaging of their product3. Several families of people who fatally overdosed on kratom are suing the vendors that sold it to their loved ones"...
..."Kratom is a herb that has been the subject of several lawsuits in the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging that kratom is a new dietary ingredient for which there is inadequate information to provide reasonable assurance that it does not present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury12. A negligence ruling by a Washington State Judge in a kratom wrongful death lawsuit found a company negligent due to “inadequate warnings and instructions” on the packaging of their product3. Several families of people who fatally overdosed on kratom are suing the vendors that sold it to their loved ones"...
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