A 39-year-old mother of four died in 2021 after ingesting kratom, a legal herbal extract. The seller, Kratom Distro, has now been ordered to pay her family and estate $11 million. Kratom was banned by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2016 but the move was quickly overturned. Kratom Distro did not fight the lawsuit, and the company's owner gave no comment on the judgment when approached by The Guardian. Kratom Distro did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Persons: Kratom Distro, Kratom, Krystal Talavera, Biagio Vultaggio, Vultaggio, Talavera, Mitragynine, Devin Filippelli, Donald Middlebrooks Organizations: Drug, Administration, Service, Guardian, The Guardian, American Kratom Association Locations: Wall, Silicon, Southeast Asia, Florida, Beach County, Mississippi, Louisiana