Death By Kratom Extract The Recent Overdose Explained

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Kratom News Today

What Is Kratom Alkaloid Toxicity and why did it lead to a young man's overdose last December. The top headline in kratom news today is covering the recent wrongful death lawsuit brought by Ethan Pope's parents seeking justice from manufacturers and distributors for selling this plant. Last December Ethan Pope was found dead on his kitchen floor, it is unknown who had found him the day he overdosed but toxicology reports indicate he had high levels of Mitragynine and no other substances were detected.

Kratom has been used for years by millions with little incident, many use it for anxiety and some for pain but it's primarily gained traction for opioid abuse as a replacement. Though we haven't seen anything too alarming from the use of this plant this marks the eighth case where someone died with nothing else in their system.

They don't know how long their son had been using kratom, but he must have been experiencing adverse effects, Dana Pope said at a news conference Thursday. In his apartment, they found a to-do list with one task that stuck out: Stop taking kratom. There so many unanswered questions such as why was he using extract and not leaf, or better yet how long had he been using it for and more over did he understand what he was using or was it something he was turned on to randomly. It's important that people know the difference between leaf and extract and which is best for them

Some of these questions may help to identify ways to prevent this from ever happening again, education is probably one of the most important aspects to using any supplement. Typically a natural plant substance can be harmless but in concentrated forms with volume it can become dangerous. Kratom extracts aren't made for the average person and no one should use it daily though yes people do. There's no telling where this case will lead but there has been some data on kratom related deaths over the years.

The Data

So the U.S. health officials said in a report released in 2019 that kratom was a cause in 91 overdose deaths in 27 states. While most of those who died had also taken heroin, fentanyl or other drugs, kratom was the only substance detected in seven of the deaths.

Another 2019 study found that calls to U.S. poison control centers about kratom skyrocketed more than 50-fold, from 13 calls in 2011 to 682 calls in 2017.

The truth is there many substances legal and otherwise with much higher overdose rates when comparing it to kratom, so is it safe or not, the answer is split. Using leaf itself in small amounts has proven to be beneficial for many people, extracts on the other hand require more caution and research. I myself use extract once or twice a week for anxiety and it works so I don't abuse it, was Ethan abusing liquid extract?

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