David Bregger had never heard of kratom before his son, Daniel, 33, died in Denver in 2021[1] from using what he thought was a natural and safe remedy for anxiety.
By his father’s account[2], Daniel didn’t know that the herbal product could kill him. The product listed no ingredients or safe-dosing information on the label. And it had no warning that it should not be combined with other sedating drugs, such as the...