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kratom

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  • noun A Southeast Asian tree, Mitragyna speciosa, harvested for its medicinal leaves
  • noun The dried leaves of this tree, chewed as a psychoactive drug

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  • At a time when authorities are cracking down on illegal sale of steroids and prescription drugs online, substances such as kratom and Mexican prickly poppy, which pack a psychedelic and narcotic-like punch, are flourishing on the Internet.

    Yahoo! News: Technology News 2009

  • Salvia is sold in extracts at concentrations of up to 60X and kratom at concentrations of up to 30X.

    Yahoo! News: Technology News 2009

  • At Psychoactive Herbs, for example, you can buy kratom, which the site describes as an "opium substitute" that produces feelings of euphoria.

    Yahoo! News: Technology News 2009

  • For his part, Sloan says that as salvia is starting to be criminalized, kratom is gaining in popularity.

    Yahoo! News: Technology News 2009

  • I have 2 pounds.? if i want to smoke kratom, should i buy crushed leaves or the powder?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2008

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  • MaryW commented on the word kratom

    The menu offers coffee, black tea, beer, wine and pastries, but nearly everyone opts for a $5 mug of kratom (pronounced KRAY-dum).

    A powder ground from the leaves of an indigenous Southeast Asian tree related to the coffee plant, kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) offers pain relief and mood enhancement, similar to prescription painkillers.

    Advocates say the substance, which does not depress the respiratory system and therefore presents little to no overdose risk, could help reduce the nation’s reliance on highly addictive and often deadly prescription painkillers. Some addiction experts also argue the plant could be used as an alternative to methadone, buprenorphine and Vivitrol in medication-assisted therapy for opioid addiction.

    Used for centuries to fight fatigue, pain and anxiety in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Thailand, kratom was rarely taken in the United States until recently.

    Christine Vestal, As Kratom Use Surges, Some States Enact Bans, Stateline (Dec. 4, 2017)

    December 11, 2017