Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesia cashes in on Kratom

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The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of Kratom, a tree leaf ...

 

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The Kratom tree is a close relative of the coffee bean plant.

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