BSBrittany Salerno

1. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Brittany Salerno

   Guest column: ‘What’s with all these smoke shops?’ — How lack of kratom regulation is impacting consumers (opens the original)

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   I was doing laundry and emptying pockets, catching any forgotten lighters and pens before tossing the heap of the previous week into the washer. I then pulled a small brown bottle from his work pants; something resembling a 5-hour energy drink, just with much less marketing allure. It was something I had never seen before, but as I held it in my hand, trying to make sense of what it was, a firework ignited in my chest. I have felt fire like this inside me before; it’s my body trying to keep me s

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