Exactly. If anything kratom-related was involved in the fatalities, it was not 100% kratom but one of the highly-potent derivatives - but presstitutes endlessly conflate the two.
just like the toxic krap sold as “bath salts” on racks next to the gas station sushi, i suspect that “kratom” is now used to label pretty much any poison for sale, because unsuspecting idiots and children have “heard” about the “miracles” of “kratom” and want to try it ... Colorado has actually tried and convicted dealers of such poison for murdering their clients ... too bad Mississippi probably doesn’t do the same ...