Kratom Sold as ‘Energy Shots’ Raises Alarm Over Teen Use on Gulf Coast
The Drug Education Council warns that kratom, an addictive drug banned in Alabama, is being sold as energy shots and used increasingly by Mobile and Baldwin County teens.
Drug use among teens can climb during summer months, local experts warn
With school out for the summer, experts in Mobile are warning that adolescent drug use can rise when teenagers have more unsupervised free time, and the region’s prevention organizations are…
Alabama Becomes Fifth State to Outlaw Kratom as Mobile County Officials Begin Enforcement
Alabama has banned kratom statewide, and Mobile County law enforcement has begun pulling the once-legal substance from convenience store shelves and enforcing felony penalties for possession and sale.