Experts warn about synthetic opioids mislabeled as kratom following Ole Miss student deaths


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After a potent kratom-type product was found near two students who died, narcotics agents traced the packages to two convenience stores. Two men have been arrested.

OXFORD, Miss — Experts are warning that dangerous synthetic opioids are being mislabeled as natural kratom following the deaths of two students at Ole Miss last week.

An affidavit related to the execution of a warrant at an Oxford, Mississippi, convenience store is shedding light on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two University of Mississippi students.

The affidavit, filed by the Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit, does not say what killed 18-year-old Aidan Hamilton of Englewood, Colorado, or 22-year-old Robert Strang of Atlanta. Investigators are awaiting toxicology results, and the docum...

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