Episode 155: Chris McCurdy discusses kratom’s benefits and possible risks

STEMTalks Archive - IHMC | Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
20/07/2023 1h 20min Temporada 8 Episodio 155
Episode 155: Chris McCurdy discusses kratom’s benefits and possible risks

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Today we have the world’s foremost authority on kratom returning to STEM-Talk after five years to give us an update on his research. Shortly after his 2018 interview on episode 61,  Dr. Christopher McCurdy and his lab at the University of Florida received two major grants from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to investigate the medical efficacy of kratom and its alkaloids, which we discuss in today’s show. Mitragyna speciosa, or kratom, is an herbal leaf from a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee family.  It is native to Southeast Asia where it has been used in herbal medicine...
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