NY Officer's Death Attributed to Herbal Supplement

Embed from Getty ImagesMatt Dana was known around Tupper Lake, NY, as a promising young police sergeant who worked hard to root out narcotics dealers. So it came as a shock to friends and co-workers when he died suddenly this summer and an autopsy attributed it to an overdose.It wasn’t from drugs, but from kratom, an herbal supplement sold online and in convenience stores, gas stations and smoke shops, the Associated Press reports.Made from the leaf of a Southeast Asian plant, kratom (pron