Hernando High Teacher Charged with Giving Student Kratom

HS Coach Arrested After Giving Student Kratom-Based Supplement

A former assistant high school football coach in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly gave a 17-year-old student a kratom-based supplement...

Florida student hospitalized after teacher gives him kratom: HCSO

A Hernando County high school teacher and football coach was arrested after deputies said he gave a student kratom.

Deputies: Hernando High teacher, coach allegedly gave student kratom

A Hernando High School teacher and coach allegedly gave a student kratom, causing him to have a medical episode, according to the county's sheriff's office.

Hernando High teacher charged with giving student Kratom

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Hernando High School teacher and football coach was arrested last week after police say he gave a student Kratom. Kratom is a drug that, in low doses, produces stimulant-like effects like high energy and increased alertness. In high doses, it can act as a sedative. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office said on May 9, a school resource deputy responded to a classroom where a 17-year-old student was having a medical…

Kratom ban is just one vote away in Louisiana

In most states, now is the time to quit worrying because most state legislatures are wrapping up by now.  But in Louisiana, state lawmakers don’t get started in  Baton Rouge until mid-April, and they don’t  finish up until mid-June And the kratom industry, with $2 billion in sales and as many as 16 million users, has a lot to worry about with Senate Bill 154, being only a vote away from Gov. Jeffrey Landry’s desk. The Louisiana Senate passed SB …

Former Hernando High School coach arrested for providing a student with a Kratom-based supplement

Hernando High School’s former assistant football and former head track coach was arrested for providing a Kratom-based supplement to a 17-year-old student on school grounds. On May 9, 47-year-old Terry Kennedy provided a student with two packets of a Kratom-based supplement after the student asked for it, having previously observed Kennedy using it as an energy booster. Kratom, which can produce stimulant-like effects, is illegal for minors to p…