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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Federal prosecutors have charged store clerk and son with selling kratom linked to Ole Miss death

Kratom Student Deaths - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Federal prosecutors have charged a store clerk and his son with selling kratom that authorities believe is linked to the death of a University of Mississippi student, prosecutors announced Friday.

The U.S. attorney's office in Mississippi said authorities established a link between the kratom derivative found at the scene of the student's death and a local vape, tobacco and beer store.

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