US FDA Funds Study To Learn Whether Kratom Users Have ‘Any Risk/Safety Considerations’

Agency says study “intended as a strategic response to understand and characterize emergent risk/safety and perceived benefits reportedly linked to kratom and psychedelics.” Objectives include understanding temporal relationships and correlation of purchase decisions and how marketing strategies nudge purchase and affect use demand.

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The US Food and Drug Administration continues its consideration of whether kratom should be lawful as a dietary ingredient by commissioning an exploratory study of consumers’ decisions about how, where and why they buy products containing the botanical.

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