After Decima Davis started taking kratom, a tropical plant often billed as a healthy pick-me-up, she couldn’t stop.
Whenever she tried to pry herself loose from kratom’s grip, her torment only intensified.
“Every morning, I’d wake up drenched in sweat, already in agony, knowing relief was just two minutes away at the local gas station” that sold the products, Davis, 51, of Mississippi, told The Epoch Times.
“I spent my mornings throwing up, desperately redosing just to be functional enough for work. That desperation is what led to three overdoses and grand mal seizures.
“I reached a point where I couldn’t even look in the mirror; I didn’t recognize the person looking back. I felt completely gone, just a hollow shell of myself living a daily nightmare….