Senate committee schedules kratom legislation
The war on designer drugs no longer is limited to synthetic substances. Kratom — an herb derived from the leaf of a tropical tree indigenous to areas of Southeast Asia–has been gaining popularity in kava bars and smoke shops as the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency labeled it as substance of growing concern. It also has been the radar for Sarasota County–which banned the sale of kratom at convenience stores last year along with synthetic marijuana– and Palm Beach County, where…