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Trump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies

NY Times · Jul 1, 2026, 11:33 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.

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