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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/...en-with-brain-damage-moms-lawsuit-claims.html
A Florida mother claims her daughter's kratom tea habit left her with brain damage, and is suing the three establishments her child used to frequent for negligence.
Mary Tabar, whose 19-year-old daughter Brette allegedly suffered psychotic episodes in March, claims that the herbal remedy left the teen with frontal lobe damage.
Tabar's lawsuit claims the tea is "a dangerous product that has certainly caused injury to people, and it has certainly caused injury to our client," according to the Tampa Bay Times.
There are no FDA-approved uses for kratom, with the agency warning that it could have properties that expose users to the risks of addiction, abuse and dependence. Some claim that it can be used to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms, but the FDA warns that there is no reliable evidence to support that theory.
The agency has called for more research into the substance, while warning consumers "not to use any products labeled as containing the botanical substance kratom or its psychoactive compounds, mitragynine and 7-hydroxmitragynine."
The FDA has linked the substance to 44 deaths in the U.S.
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