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Politics · June 16, 2026

More US states push to ban kratom drink deemed ‘gas-station heroin’

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At least eight states have banned the plant-derived product as more people use it and some claim it’s addictive In 2024, Maizie Hepner, 24, started visiting a bar in Dubuque, Iowa that did not serve alcohol and instead offered beverages containing kava and kratom, psychoactive su

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