# The Rising Use of Recreational Kratom

An episode of [PsychRounds: The Psychiatry Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1719888462), 8 Jul 2026, 21 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/eb936048/podcast/play/122535782/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-8%2F427558267-44100-2-47497e5365f0e.m4a

Apologies for our little hiatus - a couple of us had cross-country moves in June. But we're back! Today we have an episode on the rising use of recreational Kratom and pertinent tidbits to know from a psychiatry standpoint. References: • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8924421/ • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585120/ • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10846393/ • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10177737/

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