U.S. health officials say overdose deaths involving the herbal supplement kratom are more common than previously reported.
Most who died had also taken heroin, fentanyl or other drugs. But kratom was the only substance detected in seven of the deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the numbers after combing through death certificates and toxicology reports from an 18-month period.
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