CODY — A new bill would hinder Cody resident Jacklyn Bullock’s ability to treat her lifelong pain without painkiller medication.
“I had a really hard day and I was in a ton of pain and had one (CBD) sucker and all of a sudden I was relaxed and all of the pain kind of lifted away,” she said.
A bill has been drafted in the Wyoming Legislature that would tighten regulation of cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp products in retail settings and restrict the variety of these products that can be sold.
If passed, the bill would make it much harder for local residents to acquire these products.… Continue reading.
PORTAGE — A female found partially naked outside and then later foaming at the mouth was taken to the hospital and a man was taken to jail after allegedly consuming an herbal drug the man wrongly assumed was legal, according to Portage police.
Ryan Cano, 31, of Portage, reportedly told police the drug was known as Kratom.
“It’s an herb,” he reportedly told police. “It’s legal. It’s got a bar code, and I have a receipt.”
Cano, who was taken into custody and faces felony counts of manufacturing/dealing a controlled substance and maintaining a common nuisance, and a misdemeanor count of possessing a controlled substance, showed officers several clear baggies containing a green powder substance, according to the incident report.
Another 61 fatal drug overdoses were found to have kratom in their bloodstreams, although other drugs may have been responsible for the deaths.
According to the South Dakota Department of Health there have been three deaths where kratom was blamed as the cause this year, that’s up from just one in 2019.
It’s perfectly legal to buy kratom and as we showed you in our KELOLAND News Investigation last night into “The Kratom Controversy,” there’s a lot of money behind the effort to keep it that way.… Continue reading.
According to the CDC, kratom was found as a cause of death in 91 drug overdoses across 11 states between July 2016 and December 2017. That’s the most recent data available.
Kratom is often spiked or used with opioids. However, according to the CDC, kratom was the only substance found in seven of those 91 deaths.
The South Dakota Department of Health tells KELOLAND Investigates that kratom was the cause of three deaths so far in 2020, up from just one in 2019.
Tonight as our investigation into the kratom controversy continues, we hear from the family of a young man who died in July after using kratom.… Continue reading.
There’s a war going on in this country involving a plant and we’re not talking about marijuana. The kratom tree is native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain compounds which can have mind altering effects. We begin our KELOLAND News Investigation into the substance and the politics versus sciences surrounding it. Here’s how kratom supporters are rallying to keep the substance legal and their fight with the FDA.
KELOLAND Investigates previously reported that kratom is being linked to more overdose deaths from a Centers for Disease Control report.
Since our story aired, we have been contacted by hundreds of people from all over the country–at the prompting of the American Kratom Association—a $1.2 million lobbying group whose goal is to keep kratom legal, and they say, safe.… Continue reading.
The sale of kratom is really taking off in South Dakota, but if you still aren’t familiar with it, you no doubt will be soon. Millions of people take the substance derived from the leaves of a plant from Southeast Asia, either in capsule or tea form for a variety of health reasons.
Proponents have a powerful lobby behind them; so powerful that when the DEA wanted to make kratom a schedule one drug, public outrage made the government agency change its mind.
A sign of the time: kratom sales are skyrocketing in the U.S.
While some states and cities still banned it, over concerns of it being addictive, misused and even deadly, South Dakota is not among them.… Continue reading.
