Denver To Lift Ban On Kratom

By Mark Ackerman
DENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s Department of Environmental Health plans to lift its ban on the drug kratom, just weeks after ordering shops across the metro area to stop selling kratom products.
On Aug. 30 the Drug Enforcement Agency announced its intent to make kratom illegal, classifying kratom as a Schedule I drug on par with heroin, LSD and ecstasy.
Kratom (credit: CBS)
The DEA labeled kratom an “imminent threat,” stating the substance which comes from a tro