The Dead­ly Drug You Can Still Buy Right Next To Can­dy Bars

A drug pol­i­cy group is launch­ing an ad cam­paign urg­ing Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump and Con­gress to ban kratom days after the drug was found at the scenes of two Ole Miss stu­dents’ deaths.
The Foun­da­tion for Drug Pol­i­cy Solu­tions announced Tues­day the new cam­paign titled “Foot­ball, Not Funer­als,” call­ing on the pres­i­dent and Capi­tol Hill to enact a full fed­er­al ban on the “gas sta­tion hero­in.”
“There’s noth­ing more Amer­i­can than col­lege foot­ball Sat­ur­days, but nothing’s worse than when tragedy strikes,” the ad begins.
“Two Uni­ver­si­ty of Mis­sis­sip­pi stu­dents are con­firmed dead. They also found kratom, also known as gas sta­tion hero­in,” news anchors report in a clip shown dur­ing the ad.
“Drugs like krat …