Potent, mislabeled and easy to buy: Inside Georgia’s kratom market

By: Justin Taylor, The Current

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 3,593

Last Updated: 5 days, 4 hours ago

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On a chilly night this past February, Andrew Wood died alone in his bed after consuming a kratom product purchased legally at a Brunswick vape shop. He was 24.

According to his mother and girlfriend, who found his body, the former Brunswick High School student had been consuming the psychoactive substance for months and thought it was safe.

Derived from a tree native to Southeast Asia, kratom products are sold widely across Georgia as tablets, …

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