DEA Plans To Ban Kratom, Calls Drug ‘Imminent Threat’

By Mark Ackerman
DENVER (CBS4)– The Drug Enforcement Agency is expected to ban a drug that’s been growing in popularity in Colorado on Friday. The DEA will classify kratom as a Schedule I drug on par with marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
In a statement, the DEA called kratom an “imminent threat” and said the agency was aware of 15 kratom-related deaths over the past three years.
(credit: CBS)
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