I’m very sad to read about this. I have a friend that is a pastor of a local church that just lost his son and the cause of death was linked to the use of this Kratom crap. The family was devastated and he is on a crusade to make sure this stuff is harder to come by and having very public warnings about the possible outcome of using too much of this stuff. I coached this kid that died in youth baseball and he was such a great kid and teammate and would do anything us coaches would ask of him. Truly a sad sad situation.
I’m guessing this stuff might be addictive which could lead to abuse as opposed to a carefully regulated and monitored regime for specific conditions using verified “clean” ingredients.