On July 2, law enforcement seized kratom and other drugs during a raid in Sevier County.
Officers from the Arkansas Sate Police’s 9th West Drug Task Force, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department, and the DeQueen Police Department recovered 115 Grams of Methamphetamine, firearms, drug paraphernalia, and kratom while executing a search warrant.
Kratom is a dangerous drug that is often marketed as a dietary supplement. The federal government has advised public officials to prohibit kratom, and states like Arkansas have done so.
The Mayo Clinic has called kratom “unsafe and ineffective,” writing,
Poison control centers in the United States received more than 3,400 reports about use of kratom from 2014 through 2019. These included reports of death. Side effects reported included high blood pressure, confusion and seizures.
Last April, Arkansas lawmakers voted not to pass a bad bill that would have legalized kratom in Arkansas.
During his comments against the bill, Rep. Zack Gramlich (R — Fort Smith) described a seventh-grader who was caught using kratom and trying to sell it to other students at a school in his district a few years ago.
Kratom is a dangerous drug. We deeply appreciate our lawmakers and law enforcement officers who have worked hard to protect people from it.
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