HealthDay (4/29, Preidt) reports that even though “herbal kratom is used by less than 1% of the U.S. population,” its rate of use “is much higher among those who misuse opioid” analgesics, researchers concluded after examining “data collected from more than 56,000 U.S. teens and adults during the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health..” The study also revealed that “men, white people and those with depression and serious mental illness were also more likely to report using kratom.” The findings were published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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— “Who Is Using Herbal Kratom? ” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, April 29, 2021