Shop clerk, son charged with selling kratom after 2 Ole Miss student deaths
Summary
A store clerk and his son in Mississippi have been charged with selling illegal kratom products while federal authorities investigate the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Kratom, an herbal substance, is legal federally but some forms and derivatives are banned or regulated due to health risks and possible links to overdose deaths.Key Facts
- Two University of Mississippi students died in September; their deaths are under investigation for possible drug overdose.
- A drug task force found kratom derivatives while investigating the deaths.
- The clerk, Yahya Mosleh, 51, and his 18-year-old son were arrested for selling kratom-based pills.
- The elder Mosleh warned an informant that people were dying from the kratom pills he sold.
- Toxicology reports for the students are being fast-tracked by Mississippi state agencies.
- Kratom comes from a Southeast Asian tree and acts as a stimulant or sedative depending on the dose.
- Some states and cities ban or regulate kratom, while it remains legal at the federal level.
- In August, the DEA banned three kratom-related compounds, one of which was found in products from the Moslehs' store and the students’ rooms.
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