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Kratom — you’ve seen it in gas stations and head shops, marketed as a “natural” alternative. Most people think it’s new to America. It’s not. In this episode, Dr. Terry Simpson unearths kratom’s forgotten colonial past — from Benjamin Rush’s case notes to the Indian Ocean trade routes that carried “bitter leaves” across empires.

Discover why kratom slipp…