KRATOM. This is one family’s story of how their son died after using one of the unregulated supplements that the news media calls ‘gas station heroin.’
My wife’s cell phone rang shortly before noon on Nov. 2, 2022 – the Day of the Dead, according to my iPad calendar.
It was Emma Voegelin, a friend of Brendan’s. Beth’s son Brendan. My stepson.
The conversation was confusing. Emma said a friend of hers – someone we didn’t know – had seen Brendan lying on...