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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2026 · 15 MIN

Kratom products continue to flood smoke shop counters and gas stations, but is it safe?

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Dr. George Singletary, Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine at Tulane University, joins Newell to take a closer look at kratom, the increasingly popular herbal substance showing up in smoke shops and gas stations, and examine its opioid-like effects, risk of dependence, the growing danger posed by powerful concentrated extracts, and interactions with other drugs.

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