Store Clerk and Son Charged with Selling Illegal Kratom Following Deaths of Ole Miss Students

<p>Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting a kratom product last month.</p><p>Federal authorities are investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students and have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, according to prosecutors on Friday.</p><p>A drug task force in Mississippi had previously advised the public to avoid kratom, an herbal substance that acts as a stimulant at low doses and a sedative at high doses, after authorities discovered packages of kratom derivatives during their investigation into the deaths on September 21.</p>