Two Ole Miss students found dead near synthetic kratom tablets

Summarised from 2 outlets · 5 reports · Updated 2 Oct, 15:13 · Archive

Two Ole Miss students were found dead with synthetic kratom tablets near them.

Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found dead with Smax synthetic kratom tablets near them. Toxicology results have been completed and families will be notified. The tablets listed an ingredient that the DEA has recently made illegal, and the product's website no longer displays this ingredient.

One of the students had bought kratom from a drug store which has since been raided. Store staff warned undercover police officers about the risks of taking the herbal supplement, according to court documents. An ex-prosecutor says selling the product with the newly illegal ingredient is 'unlawful'.

How it is being reported

• Ole Miss students died near drug listing newly illegal ingredient, ex-prosecutor says selling it is 'unlawful'Two Ole Miss students were found dead near tablets listing an ingredient the DEA recently made illegal, and the brand's site no longer shows it.Fox News · 1 Oct, 11:30
• Ole Miss students' toxicology reports completed, official saysOle Miss students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found dead with Smax synthetic kratom tablets, and toxicology results are now complete.Fox News · 30 Sept, 16:07
• Ole Miss students' toxicology reports will be done 'in due course,' families to be notified first: officialsOle Miss students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang were found dead with Smax synthetic kratom tablets near them, officials said.Fox News · 30 Sept, 16:07
• Vape store clerk near Ole Miss campus warned buyer 'people were dying' from kratom pills, affidavit saysA vape store clerk allegedly warned that "people were dying" from kratom sold at the Oxford, Mississippi, shop where an Ole Miss student bought products.Fox News · 29 Sept, 17:33
• Tragic Ole Miss student bought Smax Pseudo-DHM kratom from raided store: court docsAn Ole Miss student found dead in his room bought kratom from a drug store which has since been raided – and store staffers warned undercover cops about the risks of taking the herbal supplement because “people were dying."New York Post · 29 Sept, 13:13

In this story: Aidan Hamilton · Robert Strang · Ole Miss · DEA

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