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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Synthetic kratom drug now blamed for at least three deaths in California

Los Angeles health officials have issued a dire warning against the use of a synthetic Kratom supplement sold at some gas stations and smoke shops after three otherwise healthy people died from using the drug.

Three overdoses reported in Los Angeles have been tied to the potentially deadly Kratom compound known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine or 7-OH, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials said in a press release.

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