Hour 2: An examination of kratom's opioid-like effects, risk of dependence, and the growing danger posed by powerful concentrated extracts

This hour, Newell has on Dr. George Singletary, Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine at Tulane University, to take a closer look at kratom, the increasingly popular herbal substance showing up in smoke shops and gas stations, and examine its opioid-like effects, risk of dependence, the growing danger posed by powerful concentrated extracts, and interactions with other drugs.